#B956DB#B956DB

#B956DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.208 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956DB
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 59.93, -51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 78.82, 319.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.1511 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.208 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1196, 22.0857, 69.3644)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956DB #78DB56

analogous

#7756DB #B956DB #DB56BA

triadic

#B956DB #DBB956 #56DBB9

tetradic

#B956DB #DB7756 #78DB56 #56BADB

square

#B956DB #DB7756 #78DB56 #56BADB

split-complementary

#B956DB #BADB56 #56DB77

monochromatic

#782097 #A12BC9 #B956DB #CE88E6 #E3BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B956DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B956DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956DB

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956DB	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5884D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.208 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18be7',
    500: '#b956db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956db;
$custom-light: #d18be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.662,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63016,
    "c": 0.20824,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956DB

secondary

#BAE0AD

accent

#E8406B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956DB

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

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