#B356AF#B356AF

#B356AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.164 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356AF
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 175)
HSL	hsl(303, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 2.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 49.99, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 58.70, 328.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.1404 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.164 329)
XYZ	xyz(29.6557, 19.3362, 42.7194)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356AF #56B35A

analogous

#8956B3 #B356AF #B35681

triadic

#B356AF #AFB356 #56AFB3

tetradic

#B356AF #B38956 #56B35A #5681B3

square

#B356AF #B38956 #56B35A #5681B3

split-complementary

#B356AF #81B356 #56B389

monochromatic

#622C60 #8D3F89 #B356AF #C680C3 #D9AAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#B356AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#B356AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356AF

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356AF	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F72B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.164 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ac7',
    500: '#b356af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356af;
$custom-light: #cc8ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.581,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59899,
    "c": 0.16374,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.19334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356AF

secondary

#9EC7A0

accent

#CE5F5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356AF

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

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