#B956D0#B956D0

#B956D0 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.198 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956D0
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 208)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 58.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 57.77, -45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 73.78, 321.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1508 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.198 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7191, 21.5254, 61.9883)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956D0 #6DD056

analogous

#7C56D0 #B956D0 #D056AA

triadic

#B956D0 #D0B956 #56D0B9

tetradic

#B956D0 #D07C56 #6DD056 #56AAD0

square

#B956D0 #D07C56 #6DD056 #56AAD0

split-complementary

#B956D0 #AAD056 #56D07C

monochromatic

#742586 #9D33B6 #B956D0 #CD86DD #E1B6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B956D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B956D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956D0

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956D0	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A79D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.198 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bdf',
    500: '#b956d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956d0;
$custom-light: #d18bdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.689,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62388,
    "c": 0.19768,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956D0

secondary

#B2D9A8

accent

#E04865

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956D0

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

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