#B956DC#B956DC

#B956DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.209 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956DC
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 220)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 60.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, 60.13, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 79.28, 319.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1511 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.209 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2517, 22.1385, 70.0598)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956DC #79DC56

analogous

#7656DC #B956DC #DC56BC

triadic

#B956DC #DCB956 #56DCB9

tetradic

#B956DC #DC7656 #79DC56 #56BCDC

square

#B956DC #DC7656 #79DC56 #56BCDC

split-complementary

#B956DC #BCDC56 #56DC76

monochromatic

#792098 #A12ACB #B956DC #CE89E6 #E3BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B956DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#B956DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956DC

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956DC	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.209 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18be7',
    500: '#b956dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956dc;
$custom-light: #d18be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.328,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63075,
    "c": 0.20921,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956DC

secondary

#BBE1AD

accent

#E93F6B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956DC

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

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