#B656E9#B656E9

#B656E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.221 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B656E9
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 62.11, -58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 85.28, 316.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1473 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.221 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3245, 22.4848, 79.4488)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B656E9 #89E956

analogous

#6D56E9 #B656E9 #E956D2

triadic

#B656E9 #E9B656 #56E9B6

tetradic

#B656E9 #E96D56 #89E956 #56D2E9

square

#B656E9 #E96D56 #89E956 #56D2E9

split-complementary

#B656E9 #D2E956 #56E96D

monochromatic

#7917AE #9F20E2 #B656E9 #CD8CF0 #E5C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B656E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B656E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B656E9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B656E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B656E9	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#077EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4984E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b656e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.221 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bf1',
    500: '#b656e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b656e9;
$custom-light: #d08bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b656e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63498,
    "c": 0.22084,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B656E9

secondary

#C5E8B3

accent

#D90C53

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B656E9

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

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