#B56CEE#B56CEE

#B56CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.194 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56CEE
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(274, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 54.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 52.17, -54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 75.48, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.1194 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.194 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8481, 26.7224, 83.9311)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56CEE #A5EE6C

analogous

#746CEE #B56CEE #EE6CE6

triadic

#B56CEE #EEB56C #6CEEB5

tetradic

#B56CEE #EE746C #A5EE6C #6CE6EE

square

#B56CEE #EE746C #A5EE6C #6CE6EE

split-complementary

#B56CEE #E6EE6C #6CEE74

monochromatic

#7B17C8 #9935E8 #B56CEE #D1A3F4 #ECDAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B56CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#B56CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56CEE

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56CEE	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#418AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD84A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.194 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce99f4',
    500: '#b56cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56cee;
$custom-light: #ce99f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.692,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6661,
    "c": 0.19435,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56CEE

secondary

#D8EFC7

accent

#DC0A66

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF2FE

border

#D3CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56CEE

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

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