#B956E2#B956E2

#B956E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.215 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956E2
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(282, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 61.34, -54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 82.07, 318.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.1511 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.215 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0606, 22.4620, 74.3201)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956E2 #7FE256

analogous

#7356E2 #B956E2 #E256C5

triadic

#B956E2 #E2B956 #56E2B9

tetradic

#B956E2 #E27356 #7FE256 #56C5E2

square

#B956E2 #E27356 #7FE256 #56C5E2

split-complementary

#B956E2 #C5E256 #56E273

monochromatic

#7B1CA2 #A225D6 #B956E2 #CF8AEB #E4BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B956E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B956E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956E2

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956E2	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5285DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.215 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bec',
    500: '#b956e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956e2;
$custom-light: #d18bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63431,
    "c": 0.21504,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956E2

secondary

#BFE4B0

accent

#D3134B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956E2

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

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