#B956F2#B956F2

#B956F2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.231 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956F2
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 242)
HSL	hsl(278, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 64.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 64.65, -61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 89.55, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.1505 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.231 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3593, 23.3815, 86.4269)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956F2 #8FF256

analogous

#6B56F2 #B956F2 #F256DD

triadic

#B956F2 #F2B956 #56F2B9

tetradic

#B956F2 #F26B56 #8FF256 #56DDF2

square

#B956F2 #F26B56 #8FF256 #56DDF2

split-complementary

#B956F2 #DDF256 #56F26B

monochromatic

#7F0FBF #A11DEE #B956F2 #D18FF6 #E8C8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B956F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B956F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956F2

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956F2	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4387EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2769D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.231 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cf7',
    500: '#b956f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956f2;
$custom-light: #d28cf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.077,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64421,
    "c": 0.2307,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956F2

secondary

#CBEDB7

accent

#E20355

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956F2

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

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