#B56BAA

Closest named color: Soft Purple (#A66FB5). oklch(63% 0.125 332.5), rgb(181, 107, 170).

Black text reads best on this color (5.64:1).

About this color

#B56BAA is a medium-light, moderately saturated purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.125 and its hue 333°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Soft Purple (#A66FB5), ΔE 0.030 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.64:1.

Hue family	Purples
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.125)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Soft Purple (#A66FB5)
Black text	5.64:1
White text	3.71:1

Values

HEX	#B56BAA
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 170)
HSL	hsl(309, 33%, 56%)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.125 332.5)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #B56BAA	3.71:1	AA large text	Lc -70.0	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #B56BAA	5.64:1	AA	Lc 39.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#B56BAA text on white	3.71:1	AA large text	Lc 64.5	Content text, not long reading
#B56BAA text on black	5.64:1	AA	Lc -37.2	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F9F3F8

oklch(97% 0.009 330.9)
Step 100
100

#F1E6EF

oklch(93.6% 0.017 331.6)
Step 200
200

#E7D1E3

oklch(88.4% 0.034 331.9)
Step 300
300

#D9B3D2

oklch(81% 0.06 332.5)
Step 400
400

#C58ABB

oklch(70.7% 0.097 332.7)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#B56BAA

oklch(63% 0.125 332.5)
Step 600
600

#A05295

oklch(55.6% 0.134 332.7)
Step 700
700

#89427F

oklch(49.1% 0.125 332.9)
Step 800
800

#6F3768

oklch(42.7% 0.104 332.1)
Step 900
900

#5A3054

oklch(37.7% 0.08 332.5)
Step 950
950

#351C31

oklch(26.9% 0.052 333)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#B56BAA with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#6A7EAC	0.122
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#7D88A8	0.111
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#BB6F83	0.064
Achromatopsia (no color)	#848484	0.126