#B956E4#B956E4

#B956E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.217 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956E4
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 61.75, -55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 83.00, 318.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.1511 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.217 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3366, 22.5725, 75.7739)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956E4 #81E456

analogous

#7256E4 #B956E4 #E456C8

triadic

#B956E4 #E4B956 #56E4B9

tetradic

#B956E4 #E47256 #81E456 #56C8E4

square

#B956E4 #E47256 #81E456 #56C8E4

split-complementary

#B956E4 #C8E456 #56E472

monochromatic

#7B1AA5 #A323DA #B956E4 #CF8BEC #E5C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B956E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#B956E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956E4

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956E4	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.217 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bed',
    500: '#b956e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956e4;
$custom-light: #d28bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.831,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63551,
    "c": 0.21699,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956E4

secondary

#C0E5B0

accent

#D5114C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956E4

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

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