#B956EA#B956EA

#B956EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.223 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956EA
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 234)
HSL	hsl(280, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 62.98, -58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 85.80, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1509 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.223 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1840, 22.9114, 80.2368)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956EA #87EA56

analogous

#6F56EA #B956EA #EA56D1

triadic

#B956EA #EAB956 #56EAB9

tetradic

#B956EA #EA6F56 #87EA56 #56D1EA

square

#B956EA #EA6F56 #87EA56 #56D1EA

split-complementary

#B956EA #D1EA56 #56EA6F

monochromatic

#7D16B0 #A220E3 #B956EA #D08CF1 #E6C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B956EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B956EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956EA

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956EA	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B7EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.223 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bf1',
    500: '#b956ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956ea;
$custom-light: #d28bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.135,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63919,
    "c": 0.22286,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956EA

secondary

#C5E9B3

accent

#DA0B50

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956EA

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

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