#B956EB#B956EB

#B956EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.224 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956EB
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 235)
HSL	hsl(280, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 63.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 63.19, -58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 86.27, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1509 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.224 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3281, 22.9690, 80.9956)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956EB #88EB56

analogous

#6E56EB #B956EB #EB56D2

triadic

#B956EB #EBB956 #56EBB9

tetradic

#B956EB #EB6E56 #88EB56 #56D2EB

square

#B956EB #EB6E56 #88EB56 #56D2EB

split-complementary

#B956EB #D2EB56 #56EB6E

monochromatic

#7D15B2 #A21FE5 #B956EB #D08DF1 #E6C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B956EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B956EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956EB

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956EB	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#057FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A86E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.224 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bf2',
    500: '#b956eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956eb;
$custom-light: #d28bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.866,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63981,
    "c": 0.22384,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956EB

secondary

#C6E9B4

accent

#DB0A50

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956EB

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

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