#B356BB#B356BB

#B356BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.175 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356BB
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(295, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 52.19, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 63.89, 324.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.142 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.175 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8870, 19.8287, 49.2045)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356BB #5EBB56

analogous

#8056BB #B356BB #BB5690

triadic

#B356BB #BBB356 #56BBB3

tetradic

#B356BB #BB8056 #5EBB56 #5690BB

square

#B356BB #BB8056 #5EBB56 #5690BB

split-complementary

#B356BB #90BB56 #56BB80

monochromatic

#662B6B #903D97 #B356BB #C782CD #DAADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B356BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B356BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356BB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356BB	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4874BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.175 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ad0',
    500: '#b356bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356bb;
$custom-light: #cc8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.248,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60499,
    "c": 0.17473,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356BB

secondary

#A4CCA1

accent

#D2555F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356BB

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

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