#B956CD#B956CD

#B956CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.195 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956CD
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 57.19, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 72.42, 322.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.1506 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.195 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3535, 21.3792, 60.0628)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956CD #6ACD56

analogous

#7E56CD #B956CD #CD56A6

triadic

#B956CD #CDB956 #56CDB9

tetradic

#B956CD #CD7E56 #6ACD56 #56A6CD

square

#B956CD #CD7E56 #6ACD56 #56A6CD

split-complementary

#B956CD #A6CD56 #56CD7E

monochromatic

#732682 #9C34B1 #B956CD #CD85DB #E0B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B956CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B956CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956CD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956CD	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.195 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bdd',
    500: '#b956cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956cd;
$custom-light: #d18bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.916,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62222,
    "c": 0.19483,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956CD

secondary

#AFD8A7

accent

#DE4A63

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956CD

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

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