#B356AA#B356AA

#B356AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.159 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356AA
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 170)
HSL	hsl(306, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(306, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 49.11, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 56.63, 330.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.1395 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.159 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1737, 19.1434, 40.1808)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356AA #56B35F

analogous

#8D56B3 #B356AA #B3567C

triadic

#B356AA #AAB356 #56AAB3

tetradic

#B356AA #B38D56 #56B35F #567CB3

square

#B356AA #B38D56 #56B35F #567CB3

split-complementary

#B356AA #7CB356 #56B38D

monochromatic

#622C5D #8D3F85 #B356AA #C680BF #D9AAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#B356AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#B356AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356AA

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356AA	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5271AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.159 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ac3',
    500: '#b356aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356aa;
$custom-light: #cc8ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.806,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5966,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356AA

secondary

#9EC7A2

accent

#CE655A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356AA

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

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