#B56CE8#B56CE8

#B56CE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.188 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CE8
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 232)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 53.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, 50.83, -51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 72.52, 314.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.1191 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.188 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9813, 26.3757, 79.3658)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CE8 #9FE86C

analogous

#776CE8 #B56CE8 #E86CDD

triadic

#B56CE8 #E8B56C #6CE8B5

tetradic

#B56CE8 #E8776C #9FE86C #6CDDE8

square

#B56CE8 #E8776C #9FE86C #6CDDE8

split-complementary

#B56CE8 #DDE86C #6CE877

monochromatic

#7B1DBC #9A37E0 #B56CE8 #D0A1F0 #EAD6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B56CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#B56CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CE8

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CE8	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4789EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE82A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.188 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce99f0',
    500: '#b56ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56ce8;
$custom-light: #ce99f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.323,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66266,
    "c": 0.1877,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CE8

secondary

#D4ECC4

accent

#D51061

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CE8

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

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