#B356C8#B356C8

#B356C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.187 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356C8
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 54.68, -43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 69.75, 321.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1432 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.187 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3422, 20.4108, 56.8684)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356C8 #6BC856

analogous

#7A56C8 #B356C8 #C856A4

triadic

#B356C8 #C8B356 #56C8B3

tetradic

#B356C8 #C87A56 #6BC856 #56A4C8

square

#B356C8 #C87A56 #6BC856 #56A4C8

split-complementary

#B356C8 #A4C856 #56C87A

monochromatic

#6C287B #9537AA #B356C8 #C884D7 #DDB2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B356C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B356C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356C8

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356C8	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.187 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ad9',
    500: '#b356c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356c8;
$custom-light: #cc8ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.947,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61192,
    "c": 0.18715,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356C8

secondary

#AED4A5

accent

#DA4D67

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356C8

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

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