#B355BD#B355BD

#B355BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.178 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B355BD
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 55%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 53.05, -38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 65.34, 324.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1436 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.178 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0234, 19.7564, 50.3135)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B355BD #5FBD55

analogous

#7F55BD #B355BD #BD5593

triadic

#B355BD #BDB355 #55BDB3

tetradic

#B355BD #BD7F55 #5FBD55 #5593BD

square

#B355BD #BD7F55 #5FBD55 #5593BD

split-complementary

#B355BD #93BD55 #55BD7F

monochromatic

#672A6D #903C99 #B355BD #C781CE #DAADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B355BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B355BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B355BD

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B355BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B355BD	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4574C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b355bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.178 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc89d1',
    500: '#b355bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b355bd;
$custom-light: #cc89d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b355bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.231,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6047,
    "c": 0.17817,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B355BD

secondary

#A5CDA1

accent

#D45460

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B355BD

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

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