#B956DE#B956DE

#B956DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.211 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956DE
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 222)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 60.53, -52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 80.21, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.1511 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.211 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5181, 22.2451, 71.4632)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956DE #7BDE56

analogous

#7556DE #B956DE #DE56BF

triadic

#B956DE #DEB956 #56DEB9

tetradic

#B956DE #DE7556 #7BDE56 #56BFDE

square

#B956DE #DE7556 #7BDE56 #56BFDE

split-complementary

#B956DE #BFDE56 #56DE75

monochromatic

#791E9B #A128CE #B956DE #CE89E8 #E3BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B956DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B956DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956DE

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956DE	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5585DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.211 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18be9',
    500: '#b956de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956de;
$custom-light: #d18be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.676,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63192,
    "c": 0.21115,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956DE

secondary

#BCE2AE

accent

#CF1649

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956DE

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

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