#B56BEE#B56BEE

#B56BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.196 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56BEE
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(274, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 55%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 52.68, -54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 76.07, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.1207 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.196 308)
XYZ	xyz(39.7433, 26.5127, 83.8961)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56BEE #A4EE6B

analogous

#736BEE #B56BEE #EE6BE6

triadic

#B56BEE #EEB56B #6BEEB5

tetradic

#B56BEE #EE736B #A4EE6B #6BE6EE

square

#B56BEE #EE736B #A4EE6B #6BE6EE

split-complementary

#B56BEE #E6EE6B #6BEE73

monochromatic

#7B17C8 #9A34E8 #B56BEE #D0A2F4 #ECD9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B56BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B56BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56BEE

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56BEE	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F8AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD83A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.196 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce98f4',
    500: '#b56bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56bee;
$custom-light: #ce98f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.893,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66466,
    "c": 0.19585,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.26512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56BEE

secondary

#D8EFC6

accent

#DC0A65

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF2FE

border

#D3CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56BEE

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

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