#B656B7#B656B7

#B656B7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.173 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B656B7
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 183)
HSL	hsl(299, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(299, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 53%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, 52.28, -34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 62.45, 326.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.145 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.173 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1659, 20.0213, 47.0135)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B656B7 #57B756

analogous

#8556B7 #B656B7 #B75688

triadic

#B656B7 #B7B656 #56B7B6

tetradic

#B656B7 #B78556 #57B756 #5688B7

square

#B656B7 #B78556 #57B756 #5688B7

split-complementary

#B656B7 #88B756 #56B785

monochromatic

#662C67 #913E92 #B656B7 #C981C9 #DBACDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B656B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#B656B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B656B7

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B656B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B656B7	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C74BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b656b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.173 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8acd',
    500: '#b656b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b656b7;
$custom-light: #ce8acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b656b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.381,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60682,
    "c": 0.17279,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B656B7

secondary

#A0C99F

accent

#D05859

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B656B7

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

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