#B56CD5#B56CD5

#B56CD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.167 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CD5
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 49.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 46.73, -42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 63.23, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.1173 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.167 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4269, 25.3540, 65.9128)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CD5 #8CD56C

analogous

#806CD5 #B56CD5 #D56CC1

triadic

#B56CD5 #D5B56C #6CD5B5

tetradic

#B56CD5 #D5806C #8CD56C #6CC1D5

square

#B56CD5 #D5806C #8CD56C #6CC1D5

split-complementary

#B56CD5 #C1D56C #6CD580

monochromatic

#792C9A #9D3CC7 #B56CD5 #CD9CE3 #E5CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#B56CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#B56CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CD5

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CD5	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5586D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.167 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98e2',
    500: '#b56cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56cd5;
$custom-light: #cd98e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65231,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CD5

secondary

#C7E1BB

accent

#C32253

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CD5

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

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