#B956EC#B956EC

#B956EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.225 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956EC
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 236)
HSL	hsl(280, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 63.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 63.40, -59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 86.74, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1508 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.225 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4730, 23.0270, 81.7586)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956EC #89EC56

analogous

#6E56EC #B956EC #EC56D4

triadic

#B956EC #ECB956 #56ECB9

tetradic

#B956EC #EC6E56 #89EC56 #56D4EC

square

#B956EC #EC6E56 #89EC56 #56D4EC

split-complementary

#B956EC #D4EC56 #56EC6E

monochromatic

#7D14B3 #A21FE6 #B956EC #D08DF2 #E7C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B956EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B956EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956EC

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956EC	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4986E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.225 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bf3',
    500: '#b956ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956ec;
$custom-light: #d28bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64043,
    "c": 0.22482,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956EC

secondary

#C6EAB4

accent

#DC0951

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956EC

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

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