#B956CE#B956CE

#B956CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.196 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956CE
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 57.38, -44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 72.87, 321.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1507 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.196 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4746, 21.4276, 60.7006)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956CE #6BCE56

analogous

#7D56CE #B956CE #CE56A7

triadic

#B956CE #CEB956 #56CEB9

tetradic

#B956CE #CE7D56 #6BCE56 #56A7CE

square

#B956CE #CE7D56 #6BCE56 #56A7CE

split-complementary

#B956CE #A7CE56 #56CE7D

monochromatic

#732683 #9D34B3 #B956CE #CD85DC #E0B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B956CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B956CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956CE

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956CE	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C79D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.196 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bdd',
    500: '#b956ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956ce;
$custom-light: #d18bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62277,
    "c": 0.19578,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956CE

secondary

#B0D8A8

accent

#DE4963

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956CE

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

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