#B56CD3#B56CD3

#B56CD3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.165 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CD3
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(283, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(283, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 46.31, -41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 62.27, 318.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.1171 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.165 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1747, 25.2531, 64.5841)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CD3 #8AD36C

analogous

#816CD3 #B56CD3 #D36CBE

triadic

#B56CD3 #D3B56C #6CD3B5

tetradic

#B56CD3 #D3816C #8AD36C #6CBED3

square

#B56CD3 #D3816C #8AD36C #6CBED3

split-complementary

#B56CD3 #BED36C #6CD381

monochromatic

#782D97 #9D3DC5 #B56CD3 #CD9BE1 #E4CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B56CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#B56CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CD3

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CD3	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5785D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.165 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98e1',
    500: '#b56cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56cd3;
$custom-light: #cd98e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.524,
    "s": 53.927,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65126,
    "c": 0.1646,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CD3

secondary

#C6E0BB

accent

#C12452

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CD3

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

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