#B956EE#B956EE

#B956EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.227 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956EE
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 63.81, -60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 87.68, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1507 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.227 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7652, 23.1439, 83.2975)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956EE #8BEE56

analogous

#6D56EE #B956EE #EE56D7

triadic

#B956EE #EEB956 #56EEB9

tetradic

#B956EE #EE6D56 #8BEE56 #56D7EE

square

#B956EE #EE6D56 #8BEE56 #56D7EE

split-complementary

#B956EE #D7EE56 #56EE6D

monochromatic

#7E12B7 #A21EE8 #B956EE #D08EF4 #E7C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B956EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B956EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956EE

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956EE	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3749B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.227 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cf4',
    500: '#b956ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956ee;
$custom-light: #d28cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.079,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64168,
    "c": 0.22678,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956EE

secondary

#C8EBB5

accent

#DE0752

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956EE

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

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