#B56CDA#B56CDA

#B56CDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.172 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CDA
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 218)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 50.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 47.79, -45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 65.66, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.1179 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.172 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0714, 25.6117, 69.3068)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CDA #91DA6C

analogous

#7E6CDA #B56CDA #DA6CC8

triadic

#B56CDA #DAB56C #6CDAB5

tetradic

#B56CDA #DA7E6C #91DA6C #6CC8DA

square

#B56CDA #DA7E6C #91DA6C #6CC8DA

split-complementary

#B56CDA #C8DA6C #6CDA7E

monochromatic

#7A29A3 #9C3BCE #B56CDA #CE9DE6 #E6CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B56CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#B56CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CDA

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CDA	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5287DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.172 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98e6',
    500: '#b56cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56cda;
$custom-light: #cd98e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.818,
    "s": 59.783,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65495,
    "c": 0.17224,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CDA

secondary

#CBE4BE

accent

#C71E57

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CDA

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

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