#B956CC#B956CC

#B956CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.194 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956CC
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 204)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 57.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 57.00, -43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 71.97, 322.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1505 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.194 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2332, 21.3311, 59.4291)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956CC #69CC56

analogous

#7E56CC #B956CC #CC56A4

triadic

#B956CC #CCB956 #56CCB9

tetradic

#B956CC #CC7E56 #69CC56 #56A4CC

square

#B956CC #CC7E56 #69CC56 #56A4CC

split-complementary

#B956CC #A4CC56 #56CC7E

monochromatic

#722781 #9C35B0 #B956CC #CC85DA #E0B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B956CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B956CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956CC

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956CC	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E78D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.194 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bdc',
    500: '#b956cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956cc;
$custom-light: #d18bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.339,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62167,
    "c": 0.19389,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956CC

secondary

#AFD7A7

accent

#DD4B62

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956CC

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

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