#B356B3#B356B3

#B356B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.167 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356B3
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(300, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 50.71, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 60.40, 327.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.141 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.167 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0544, 19.4957, 44.8191)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356B3 #56B356

analogous

#8556B3 #B356B3 #B35685

triadic

#B356B3 #B3B356 #56B3B3

tetradic

#B356B3 #B38556 #56B356 #5685B3

square

#B356B3 #B38556 #56B356 #5685B3

split-complementary

#B356B3 #85B356 #56B385

monochromatic

#622C62 #8D3F8D #B356B3 #C680C6 #D9AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#B356B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B356B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356B3

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356B3	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D72B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.167 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8aca',
    500: '#b356b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356b3;
$custom-light: #cc8aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60094,
    "c": 0.16734,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356B3

secondary

#9EC79E

accent

#CE5A5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356B3

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

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