#B355E5#B355E5

#B355E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.217 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B355E5
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 61.05, -57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 83.85, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1449 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.217 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9792, 21.7387, 76.4142)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B355E5 #87E555

analogous

#6B55E5 #B355E5 #E555CF

triadic

#B355E5 #E5B355 #55E5B3

tetradic

#B355E5 #E56B55 #87E555 #55CFE5

square

#B355E5 #E56B55 #87E555 #55CFE5

split-complementary

#B355E5 #CFE555 #55E56B

monochromatic

#7519A6 #9B22DB #B355E5 #CB8AED #E2BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B355E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B355E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B355E5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B355E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B355E5	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C7CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b355e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.217 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8aee',
    500: '#b355e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b355e5;
$custom-light: #cd8aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b355e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6277,
    "c": 0.2172,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B355E5

secondary

#C3E6B0

accent

#D61055

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B355E5

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

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