#B356BD#B356BD

#B356BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.177 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356BD
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 52.57, -37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 64.78, 324.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.1422 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.177 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1026, 19.9150, 50.3399)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356BD #60BD56

analogous

#8056BD #B356BD #BD5694

triadic

#B356BD #BDB356 #56BDB3

tetradic

#B356BD #BD8056 #60BD56 #5694BD

square

#B356BD #BD8056 #60BD56 #5694BD

split-complementary

#B356BD #94BD56 #56BD80

monochromatic

#672B6E #913C9A #B356BD #C782CE #DBAEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B356BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B356BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356BD

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356BD	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4774C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.177 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ad1',
    500: '#b356bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356bd;
$custom-light: #cc8ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.175,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60603,
    "c": 0.17661,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356BD

secondary

#A6CDA1

accent

#D45461

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356BD

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

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