#B656B2#B656B2

#B656B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.168 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B656B2
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 178)
HSL	hsl(303, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 2.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 51.38, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 60.33, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.1443 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.168 329)
XYZ	xyz(30.6547, 19.8169, 44.3212)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B656B2 #56B65A

analogous

#8A56B6 #B656B2 #B65682

triadic

#B656B2 #B2B656 #56B2B6

tetradic

#B656B2 #B68A56 #56B65A #5682B6

square

#B656B2 #B68A56 #56B65A #5682B6

split-complementary

#B656B2 #82B656 #56B68A

monochromatic

#662C63 #903E8D #B656B2 #C881C5 #DBABD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B656B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B656B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B656B2

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B656B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B656B2	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F73B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b656b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.168 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ac9',
    500: '#b656b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b656b2;
$custom-light: #ce8ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b656b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60436,
    "c": 0.16831,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.19815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B656B2

secondary

#9FC9A1

accent

#D05D58

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B656B2

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

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