#B56CDB#B56CDB

#B56CDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.173 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CDB
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 50.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 48.00, -45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 66.15, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.118 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.173 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2026, 25.6642, 69.9980)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CDB #92DB6C

analogous

#7E6CDB #B56CDB #DB6CCA

triadic

#B56CDB #DBB56C #6CDBB5

tetradic

#B56CDB #DB7E6C #92DB6C #6CCADB

square

#B56CDB #DB7E6C #92DB6C #6CCADB

split-complementary

#B56CDB #CADB6C #6CDB7E

monochromatic

#7A28A4 #9C3BCF #B56CDB #CE9DE7 #E6CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B56CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#B56CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CDB

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CDB	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5187DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.173 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98e6',
    500: '#b56cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56cdb;
$custom-light: #cd98e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.459,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65549,
    "c": 0.17335,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CDB

secondary

#CBE5BE

accent

#C81D58

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CDB

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

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