#B956DF#B956DF

#B956DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.212 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956DF
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 223)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 61.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 60.74, -53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 80.67, 318.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.1511 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.212 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6526, 22.2988, 72.1711)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956DF #7CDF56

analogous

#7556DF #B956DF #DF56C0

triadic

#B956DF #DFB956 #56DFB9

tetradic

#B956DF #DF7556 #7CDF56 #56C0DF

square

#B956DF #DF7556 #7CDF56 #56C0DF

split-complementary

#B956DF #C0DF56 #56DF75

monochromatic

#7A1E9D #A227D0 #B956DF #CE89E9 #E4BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B956DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B956DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956DF

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956DF	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5585DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.212 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bea',
    500: '#b956df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956df;
$custom-light: #d18bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.358,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63252,
    "c": 0.21212,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956DF

secondary

#BDE2AE

accent

#D01549

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956DF

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

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