#B956CF#B956CF

#B956CF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.197 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956CF
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 207)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 58.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 57.57, -45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 73.33, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1507 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.197 320)
XYZ	xyz(34.5965, 21.4764, 61.3424)
Luminance	0.2147 (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

#B956CF #6CCF56

analogous

#7D56CF #B956CF #CF56A8

triadic

#B956CF #CFB956 #56CFB9

tetradic

#B956CF #CF7D56 #6CCF56 #56A8CF

square

#B956CF #CF7D56 #6CCF56 #56A8CF

split-complementary

#B956CF #A8CF56 #56CF7D

monochromatic

#742685 #9D33B5 #B956CF #CD86DD #E0B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B956CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B956CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956CF

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956CF	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)

#3B79D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.197 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bde',
    500: '#b956cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956cf;
$custom-light: #d18bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62332,
    "c": 0.19673,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.21475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956CF

secondary

#B1D9A8

accent

#DF4964

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956CF

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

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