#B56DCD#B56DCD

#B56DCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.156 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56DCD
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 44.53, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 58.77, 319.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.1149 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.156 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5426, 25.1699, 60.7318)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56DCD #85CD6D

analogous

#856DCD #B56DCD #CD6DB5

triadic

#B56DCD #CDB56D #6DCDB5

tetradic

#B56DCD #CD856D #85CD6D #6DB5CD

square

#B56DCD #CD856D #85CD6D #6DB5CD

split-complementary

#B56DCD #B5CD6D #6DCD85

monochromatic

#77318F #9D40BC #B56DCD #CC9BDD #E3C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B56DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#B56DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56DCD

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56DCD	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C85D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.156 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd99dc',
    500: '#b56dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56dcd;
$custom-light: #cd99dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64973,
    "c": 0.15645,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56DCD

secondary

#C2DDB9

accent

#BC294E

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56DCD

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

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