#B355E9#B355E9

#B355E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.221 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B355E9
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 61.90, -59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 85.75, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.1447 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.221 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5441, 21.9647, 79.3895)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B355E9 #8BE955

analogous

#6955E9 #B355E9 #E955D5

triadic

#B355E9 #E9B355 #55E9B3

tetradic

#B355E9 #E96955 #8BE955 #55D5E9

square

#B355E9 #E96955 #8BE955 #55D5E9

split-complementary

#B355E9 #D5E955 #55E969

monochromatic

#7616AD #9B1FE2 #B355E9 #CB8BF0 #E3C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B355E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B355E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B355E9

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B355E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B355E9	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4483E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b355e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.221 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8af1',
    500: '#b355e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b355e9;
$custom-light: #ce8af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b355e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63021,
    "c": 0.22119,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B355E9

secondary

#C6E8B2

accent

#D90C57

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B355E9

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

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