#B56CE5#B56CE5

#B56CE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.184 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CE5
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 229)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 52.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, 50.17, -50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 71.05, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.1189 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.184 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5588, 26.2067, 77.1407)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CE5 #9CE56C

analogous

#786CE5 #B56CE5 #E56CD9

triadic

#B56CE5 #E5B56C #6CE5B5

tetradic

#B56CE5 #E5786C #9CE56C #6CD9E5

square

#B56CE5 #E5786C #9CE56C #6CD9E5

split-complementary

#B56CE5 #D9E56C #6CE578

monochromatic

#7B20B6 #9B38DC #B56CE5 #CFA0EE #E9D4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B56CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#B56CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CE5

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CE5	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A89E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF819E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.184 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce98ee',
    500: '#b56ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56ce5;
$custom-light: #ce98ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.198,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66097,
    "c": 0.18438,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CE5

secondary

#D2EAC3

accent

#D2145F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CE5

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

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