#B56BE8#B56BE8

#B56BE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.189 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56BE8
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 232)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 53.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 51.35, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 73.11, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.1204 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.189 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8765, 26.1660, 79.3308)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56BE8 #9EE86B

analogous

#776BE8 #B56BE8 #E86BDD

triadic

#B56BE8 #E8B56B #6BE8B5

tetradic

#B56BE8 #E8776B #9EE86B #6BDDE8

square

#B56BE8 #E8776B #9EE86B #6BDDE8

split-complementary

#B56BE8 #DDE86B #6BE877

monochromatic

#7B1DBB #9B36E0 #B56BE8 #CFA0F0 #EAD5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B56BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#B56BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56BE8

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56BE8	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4589EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE819F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.189 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce98f0',
    500: '#b56be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56be8;
$custom-light: #ce98f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.52,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66121,
    "c": 0.18922,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56BE8

secondary

#D4ECC3

accent

#D51061

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56BE8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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