#B56CB3#B56CB3

#B56CB3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.131 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CB3
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 179)
HSL	hsl(302, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(302, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 1.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 39.95, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 47.45, 327.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.1114 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.131 328)
XYZ	xyz(32.5547, 23.8051, 45.5191)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CB3 #6CB56E

analogous

#936CB5 #B56CB3 #B56C8F

triadic

#B56CB3 #B3B56C #6CB3B5

tetradic

#B56CB3 #B5936C #6CB56E #6C8FB5

square

#B56CB3 #B5936C #6CB56E #6C8FB5

split-complementary

#B56CB3 #8FB56C #6CB593

monochromatic

#6F386D #984C95 #B56CB3 #C995C8 #DEBDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B56CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B56CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CB3

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CB3	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6780B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.131 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98ca',
    500: '#b56cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56cb3;
$custom-light: #cc98ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.644,
    "s": 33.032,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63592,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.23804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CB3

secondary

#AFCDB0

accent

#C9625F

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#140E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CB3

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

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