#B56CD9#B56CD9

#B56CD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.171 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CD9
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 47.58, -44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 65.17, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.1178 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.171 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9409, 25.5596, 68.6197)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CD9 #90D96C

analogous

#7E6CD9 #B56CD9 #D96CC7

triadic

#B56CD9 #D9B56C #6CD9B5

tetradic

#B56CD9 #D97E6C #90D96C #6CC7D9

square

#B56CD9 #D97E6C #90D96C #6CC7D9

split-complementary

#B56CD9 #C7D96C #6CD97E

monochromatic

#7A2AA1 #9D3BCC #B56CD9 #CD9DE6 #E6CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B56CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#B56CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CD9

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CD9	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5386DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.171 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98e5',
    500: '#b56cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56cd9;
$custom-light: #cd98e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.183,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65442,
    "c": 0.17115,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CD9

secondary

#CAE4BD

accent

#C71F56

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CD9

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

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