#B356B7#B356B7

#B356B7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.171 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356B7
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 183)
HSL	hsl(298, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(298, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 53%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, 51.45, -34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 62.13, 325.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1415 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.171 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4648, 19.6598, 46.9806)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356B7 #5AB756

analogous

#8356B7 #B356B7 #B7568A

triadic

#B356B7 #B7B356 #56B7B3

tetradic

#B356B7 #B78356 #5AB756 #568AB7

square

#B356B7 #B78356 #5AB756 #568AB7

split-complementary

#B356B7 #8AB756 #56B783

monochromatic

#642C67 #8E3E92 #B356B7 #C681C9 #DAACDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#B356B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#B356B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356B7

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356B7	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B73BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7627E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.171 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8acd',
    500: '#b356b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356b7;
$custom-light: #cc8acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.526,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60294,
    "c": 0.171,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356B7

secondary

#A1C99F

accent

#D0585D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356B7

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

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