#B56EF6#B56EF6

#B56EF6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.200 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56EF6
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 246)
HSL	hsl(271, 88%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 55.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 52.94, -57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 78.28, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.1172 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.2 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2630, 27.6298, 90.3302)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56EF6 #AFF66E

analogous

#716EF6 #B56EF6 #F66EF3

triadic

#B56EF6 #F6B56E #6EF6B5

tetradic

#B56EF6 #F6716E #AFF66E #6EF3F6

square

#B56EF6 #F6716E #AFF66E #6EF3F6

split-complementary

#B56EF6 #F3F66E #6EF671

monochromatic

#790EDC #9834F2 #B56EF6 #D2A8FA #F0E1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B56EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B56EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56EF6

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56EF6	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C8DFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5690F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA88A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.200 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9afa',
    500: '#b56ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56ef6;
$custom-light: #ce9afa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.324,
    "s": 88.312,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67368,
    "c": 0.20031,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56EF6

secondary

#DFF3CD

accent

#E5016E

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF2FF

border

#D3CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56EF6

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

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