#B56DDD#B56DDD

#B56DDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.174 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56DDD
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 50.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, 47.91, -46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 66.53, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.1169 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.174 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5736, 25.9823, 71.4284)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56DDD #95DD6D

analogous

#7D6DDD #B56DDD #DD6DCD

triadic

#B56DDD #DDB56D #6DDDB5

tetradic

#B56DDD #DD7D6D #95DD6D #6DCDDD

square

#B56DDD #DD7D6D #95DD6D #6DCDDD

split-complementary

#B56DDD #CDDD6D #6DDD7D

monochromatic

#7A27A8 #9C3BD1 #B56DDD #CE9FE9 #E7D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B56DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#B56DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56DDD

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56DDD	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5188E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.174 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd99e8',
    500: '#b56ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56ddd;
$custom-light: #cd99e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65806,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56DDD

secondary

#CDE6C0

accent

#CA1C5A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56DDD

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

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