#B56DBD#B56DBD

#B56DBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.140 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56DBD
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 42.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 41.33, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 51.28, 323.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.112 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.14 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7091, 24.4365, 51.0753)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56DBD #75BD6D

analogous

#8D6DBD #B56DBD #BD6D9D

triadic

#B56DBD #BDB56D #6DBDB5

tetradic

#B56DBD #BD8D6D #75BD6D #6D9DBD

square

#B56DBD #BD8D6D #75BD6D #6D9DBD

split-complementary

#B56DBD #9DBD6D #6DBD8D

monochromatic

#723779 #9A4AA3 #B56DBD #CA97D0 #E0C1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B56DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#B56DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56DBD

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56DBD	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6482C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8768C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.140 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd99d1',
    500: '#b56dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56dbd;
$custom-light: #cd99d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64202,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56DBD

secondary

#B6D3B3

accent

#CE5A66

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#140E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56DBD

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

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