#B656B0#B656B0

#B656B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.167 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B656B0
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 176)
HSL	hsl(304, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 3.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 51.03, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 59.50, 329.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.144 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.167 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4554, 19.7371, 43.2714)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B656B0 #56B65C

analogous

#8C56B6 #B656B0 #B65680

triadic

#B656B0 #B0B656 #56B0B6

tetradic

#B656B0 #B68C56 #56B65C #5680B6

square

#B656B0 #B68C56 #56B65C #5680B6

split-complementary

#B656B0 #80B656 #56B68C

monochromatic

#662C62 #903E8B #B656B0 #C881C4 #DBABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B656B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B656B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B656B0

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B656B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B656B0	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5072B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b656b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.167 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ac8',
    500: '#b656b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b656b0;
$custom-light: #ce8ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b656b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60339,
    "c": 0.16655,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B656B0

secondary

#9FC9A2

accent

#D06058

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B656B0

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

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