#B356AE#B356AE

#B356AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.163 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356AE
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 2.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 49.82, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 58.28, 328.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1402 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.163 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5579, 19.2971, 42.2040)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356AE #56B35B

analogous

#8A56B3 #B356AE #B35680

triadic

#B356AE #AEB356 #56AEB3

tetradic

#B356AE #B38A56 #56B35B #5680B3

square

#B356AE #B38A56 #56B35B #5680B3

split-complementary

#B356AE #80B356 #56B38A

monochromatic

#622C5F #8D3F88 #B356AE #C680C2 #D9AAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B356AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#B356AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356AE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356AE	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5072B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.163 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ac6',
    500: '#b356ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356ae;
$custom-light: #cc8ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.226,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5985,
    "c": 0.16285,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356AE

secondary

#9EC7A0

accent

#CE605A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356AE

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

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