#B56CD6#B56CD6

#B56CD6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.168 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CD6
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 46.94, -43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 63.72, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.1175 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.168 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5543, 25.4049, 66.5833)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CD6 #8DD66C

analogous

#806CD6 #B56CD6 #D66CC2

triadic

#B56CD6 #D6B56C #6CD6B5

tetradic

#B56CD6 #D6806C #8DD66C #6CC2D6

square

#B56CD6 #D6806C #8DD66C #6CC2D6

split-complementary

#B56CD6 #C2D66C #6CD680

monochromatic

#792C9C #9D3CC9 #B56CD6 #CD9CE3 #E5CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B56CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#B56CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CD6

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CD6	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5586DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.168 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98e3',
    500: '#b56cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56cd6;
$custom-light: #cd98e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.321,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65283,
    "c": 0.16788,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CD6

secondary

#C8E2BC

accent

#C42254

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CD6

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

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