#B656E6#B656E6

#B656E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.218 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B656E6
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 61.48, -57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 83.86, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1474 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.218 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8996, 22.3148, 77.2110)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B656E6 #86E656

analogous

#6E56E6 #B656E6 #E656CE

triadic

#B656E6 #E6B656 #56E6B6

tetradic

#B656E6 #E66E56 #86E656 #56CEE6

square

#B656E6 #E66E56 #86E656 #56CEE6

split-complementary

#B656E6 #CEE656 #56E66E

monochromatic

#7919A9 #9F21DE #B656E6 #CD8BEE #E4C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B656E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B656E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B656E6

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B656E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B656E6	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b656e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.218 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bef',
    500: '#b656e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b656e6;
$custom-light: #d08bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b656e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.21787,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B656E6

secondary

#C3E6B1

accent

#D60F52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B656E6

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

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