#B656E5#B656E5

#B656E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.217 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B656E5
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 61.27, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 83.39, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.1474 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.217 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7596, 22.2588, 76.4735)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B656E5 #85E556

analogous

#6F56E5 #B656E5 #E556CC

triadic

#B656E5 #E5B656 #56E5B6

tetradic

#B656E5 #E56F56 #85E556 #56CCE5

square

#B656E5 #E56F56 #85E556 #56CCE5

split-complementary

#B656E5 #CCE556 #56E56F

monochromatic

#781AA7 #9F22DC #B656E5 #CD8BED #E4C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B656E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B656E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B656E5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B656E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B656E5	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b656e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.217 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bee',
    500: '#b656e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b656e5;
$custom-light: #cf8bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b656e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.28,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63251,
    "c": 0.21689,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B656E5

secondary

#C2E6B1

accent

#D51051

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B656E5

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

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