#B56CDD#B56CDD

#B56CDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.176 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CDD
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 51.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 48.43, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 67.13, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.1182 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.176 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4675, 25.7702, 71.3930)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CDD #94DD6C

analogous

#7D6CDD #B56CDD #DD6CCD

triadic

#B56CDD #DDB56C #6CDDB5

tetradic

#B56CDD #DD7D6C #94DD6C #6CCDDD

square

#B56CDD #DD7D6C #94DD6C #6CCDDD

split-complementary

#B56CDD #CDDD6C #6CDD7D

monochromatic

#7A27A8 #9C3AD2 #B56CDD #CE9EE8 #E7CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B56CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B56CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CDD

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CDD	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5087E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.176 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98e8',
    500: '#b56cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56cdd;
$custom-light: #cd98e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.761,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65657,
    "c": 0.17554,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CDD

secondary

#CDE6BF

accent

#CA1B59

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CDD

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

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