#B56EE2#B56EE2

#B56EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.178 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56EE2
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(277, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 51.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, 48.47, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 68.38, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.116 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.178 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3569, 26.4673, 75.0248)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56EE2 #9BE26E

analogous

#7B6EE2 #B56EE2 #E26ED5

triadic

#B56EE2 #E2B56E #6EE2B5

tetradic

#B56EE2 #E27B6E #9BE26E #6ED5E2

square

#B56EE2 #E27B6E #9BE26E #6ED5E2

split-complementary

#B56EE2 #D5E26E #6EE27B

monochromatic

#7B24B2 #9B3BD8 #B56EE2 #CFA1EC #E9D4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B56EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B56EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56EE2

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56EE2	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F89E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0819E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.178 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9aeb',
    500: '#b56ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56ee2;
$custom-light: #ce9aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.724,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66228,
    "c": 0.17792,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56EE2

secondary

#D2E9C3

accent

#CF175E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56EE2

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

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