#B56DCB#B56DCB

#B56DCB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.154 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56DCB
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 203)
HSL	hsl(286, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 46.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 44.12, -37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 57.82, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.1145 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.154 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3027, 25.0740, 59.4685)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56DCB #83CB6D

analogous

#866DCB #B56DCB #CB6DB2

triadic

#B56DCB #CBB56D #6DCBB5

tetradic

#B56DCB #CB866D #83CB6D #6DB2CB

square

#B56DCB #CB866D #83CB6D #6DB2CB

split-complementary

#B56DCB #B2CB6D #6DCB86

monochromatic

#77328C #9D42B9 #B56DCB #CC9ADB #E3C7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B56DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#B56DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56DCB

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56DCB	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D84CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.154 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd99db',
    500: '#b56dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56dcb;
$custom-light: #cd99db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.957,
    "s": 47.475,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64873,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56DCB

secondary

#C1DCB8

accent

#BB2B4C

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56DCB

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

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