#B356B2#B356B2

#B356B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.166 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356B2
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 178)
HSL	hsl(301, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(301, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 0.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 50.53, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 59.97, 327.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1408 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.166 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9536, 19.4554, 44.2884)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356B2 #56B357

analogous

#8656B3 #B356B2 #B35684

triadic

#B356B2 #B2B356 #56B2B3

tetradic

#B356B2 #B38656 #56B357 #5684B3

square

#B356B2 #B38656 #56B357 #5684B3

split-complementary

#B356B2 #84B356 #56B386

monochromatic

#622C62 #8D3F8C #B356B2 #C680C5 #D9AAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#B356B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#B356B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356B2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356B2	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E72B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.166 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ac9',
    500: '#b356b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356b2;
$custom-light: #cc8ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.645,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60045,
    "c": 0.16643,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356B2

secondary

#9EC79E

accent

#CE5B5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356B2

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

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