#B956F7#B956F7

#B956F7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.236 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B956F7
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 247)
HSL	hsl(277, 91%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 65.71, -64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 91.90, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.1502 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.236 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1206, 23.6860, 90.4360)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B956F7 #94F756

analogous

#6856F7 #B956F7 #F756E5

triadic

#B956F7 #F7B956 #56F7B9

tetradic

#B956F7 #F76856 #94F756 #56E5F7

square

#B956F7 #F76856 #94F756 #56E5F7

split-complementary

#B956F7 #E5F756 #56F768

monochromatic

#7F0AC9 #A11CF4 #B956F7 #D190FA #E9CBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B956F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#B956F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B956F7

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B956F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B956F7	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D87F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B077A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b956f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.236 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cfb',
    500: '#b956f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b956f7;
$custom-light: #d28cfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b956f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.894,
    "s": 90.96,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64742,
    "c": 0.23562,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B956F7

secondary

#CEF0B9

accent

#E60058

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B956F7

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

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