#B656E7#B656E7

#B656E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.219 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B656E7
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 61.69, -57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 84.33, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.1473 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.219 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0404, 22.3711, 77.9527)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B656E7 #87E756

analogous

#6D56E7 #B656E7 #E756D0

triadic

#B656E7 #E7B656 #56E7B6

tetradic

#B656E7 #E76D56 #87E756 #56D0E7

square

#B656E7 #E76D56 #87E756 #56D0E7

split-complementary

#B656E7 #D0E756 #56E76D

monochromatic

#7918AA #9F20DF #B656E7 #CD8CEF #E4C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B656E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B656E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B656E7

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B656E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B656E7	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#117DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b656e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.219 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bef',
    500: '#b656e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b656e7;
$custom-light: #d08bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b656e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.724,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63374,
    "c": 0.21886,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B656E7

secondary

#C4E7B2

accent

#D70E52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B656E7

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

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