#B656D4#B656D4

#B656D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.200 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B656D4
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 212)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 57.81, -48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 75.45, 320.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.1474 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.2 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5012, 21.3554, 64.5792)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B656D4 #74D456

analogous

#7756D4 #B656D4 #D456B3

triadic

#B656D4 #D4B656 #56D4B6

tetradic

#B656D4 #D47756 #74D456 #56B3D4

square

#B656D4 #D47756 #74D456 #56B3D4

split-complementary

#B656D4 #B3D456 #56D477

monochromatic

#73248C #9B30BD #B656D4 #CB87E0 #E0B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B656D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B656D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B656D4

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B656D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B656D4	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3479D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b656d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.200 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8be2',
    500: '#b656d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b656d4;
$custom-light: #cf8be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b656d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6224,
    "c": 0.20018,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B656D4

secondary

#B6DCAA

accent

#E3456B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B656D4

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

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