#B956D2#B956D2

#B956D2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.200 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956D2
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 210)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 59%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, 58.16, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 74.69, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.1509 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.2 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9667, 21.6245, 63.2923)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956D2 #6FD256

analogous

#7B56D2 #B956D2 #D256AD

triadic

#B956D2 #D2B956 #56D2B9

tetradic

#B956D2 #D27B56 #6FD256 #56ADD2

square

#B956D2 #D27B56 #6FD256 #56ADD2

split-complementary

#B956D2 #ADD256 #56D27B

monochromatic

#752589 #9E31B9 #B956D2 #CD86DF #E1B7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B956D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B956D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956D2

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956D2	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3879D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.200 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18be0',
    500: '#b956d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956d2;
$custom-light: #d18be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.903,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.625,
    "c": 0.19959,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956D2

secondary

#B3DBA9

accent

#E14766

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956D2

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

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