#B356BE#B356BE

#B356BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.178 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356BE
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 190)
HSL	hsl(294, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 54.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, 52.76, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 65.22, 323.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1424 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.178 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2116, 19.9585, 50.9136)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356BE #61BE56

analogous

#7F56BE #B356BE #BE5695

triadic

#B356BE #BEB356 #56BEB3

tetradic

#B356BE #BE7F56 #61BE56 #5695BE

square

#B356BE #BE7F56 #61BE56 #5695BE

split-complementary

#B356BE #95BE56 #56BE7F

monochromatic

#682B6F #913C9B #B356BE #C782CF #DBAEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B356BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#B356BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356BE

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356BE	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4674C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.178 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ad2',
    500: '#b356be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356be;
$custom-light: #cc8ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.654,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60655,
    "c": 0.17755,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356BE

secondary

#A6CEA2

accent

#D45461

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356BE

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

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