#B56DDE#B56DDE

#B56DDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.175 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56DDE
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 50.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 48.12, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 67.02, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.117 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.175 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7072, 26.0358, 72.1321)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56DDE #96DE6D

analogous

#7D6DDE #B56DDE #DE6DCE

triadic

#B56DDE #DEB56D #6DDEB5

tetradic

#B56DDE #DE7D6D #96DE6D #6DCEDE

square

#B56DDE #DE7D6D #96DE6D #6DCEDE

split-complementary

#B56DDE #CEDE6D #6DDE7D

monochromatic

#7A26AA #9C3BD3 #B56DDE #CE9FE9 #E8D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B56DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B56DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56DDE

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56DDE	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5188E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.175 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd99e9',
    500: '#b56dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56dde;
$custom-light: #cd99e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.23,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6586,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56DDE

secondary

#CEE7C0

accent

#CB1B5B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56DDE

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

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