#B956F1#B956F1

#B956F1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.230 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956F1
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 241)
HSL	hsl(278, 85%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 64.3%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 64.44, -61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 89.08, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.1506 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.23 311)
XYZ	xyz(39.2096, 23.3216, 85.6380)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956F1 #8EF156

analogous

#6C56F1 #B956F1 #F156DB

triadic

#B956F1 #F1B956 #56F1B9

tetradic

#B956F1 #F16C56 #8EF156 #56DBF1

square

#B956F1 #F16C56 #8EF156 #56DBF1

split-complementary

#B956F1 #DBF156 #56F16C

monochromatic

#7E10BD #A21DEC #B956F1 #D08FF6 #E8C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B956F1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B956F1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956F1

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956F1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956F1	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4486ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2759C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956f1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.230 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cf6',
    500: '#b956f1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956f1;
$custom-light: #d28cf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956f1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.323,
    "s": 84.699,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64357,
    "c": 0.22972,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.23321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956F1

secondary

#CAECB6

accent

#E10454

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956F1

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

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