#B56EDE#B56EDE

#B56EDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.173 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56EDE
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, 47.60, -46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 66.41, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.1156 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.173 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8145, 26.2503, 72.1679)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56EDE #97DE6E

analogous

#7D6EDE #B56EDE #DE6ECF

triadic

#B56EDE #DEB56E #6EDEB5

tetradic

#B56EDE #DE7D6E #97DE6E #6ECFDE

square

#B56EDE #DE7D6E #97DE6E #6ECFDE

split-complementary

#B56EDE #CFDE6E #6EDE7D

monochromatic

#7A27AB #9C3CD3 #B56EDE #CEA0E9 #E8D2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B56EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B56EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56EDE

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56EDE	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5288E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1809C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.173 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9ae9',
    500: '#b56ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56ede;
$custom-light: #cd9ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.036,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6601,
    "c": 0.17347,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56EDE

secondary

#CFE7C1

accent

#CB1B5B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56EDE

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

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