#B656D9#B656D9

#B656D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.205 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B656D9
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 58.81, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 77.77, 319.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1475 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.205 316)
XYZ	xyz(35.1417, 21.6116, 67.9525)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B656D9 #79D956

analogous

#7456D9 #B656D9 #D956BB

triadic

#B656D9 #D9B656 #56D9B6

tetradic

#B656D9 #D97456 #79D956 #56BBD9

square

#B656D9 #D97456 #79D956 #56BBD9

split-complementary

#B656D9 #BBD956 #56D974

monochromatic

#752193 #9D2CC5 #B656D9 #CC88E4 #E1BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B656D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B656D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B656D9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B656D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B656D9	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5683D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b656d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.205 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8be5',
    500: '#b656d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b656d9;
$custom-light: #cf8be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b656d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.969,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6253,
    "c": 0.20507,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.2161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B656D9

secondary

#BADFAC

accent

#E6416E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B656D9

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

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