#B356C9#B356C9

#B356C9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.188 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356C9
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 201)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 57.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 54.88, -43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 70.21, 321.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1433 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.188 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4595, 20.4577, 57.4859)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356C9 #6CC956

analogous

#7A56C9 #B356C9 #C956A6

triadic

#B356C9 #C9B356 #56C9B3

tetradic

#B356C9 #C97A56 #6CC956 #56A6C9

square

#B356C9 #C97A56 #6CC956 #56A6C9

split-complementary

#B356C9 #A6C956 #56C97A

monochromatic

#6D287D #9537AB #B356C9 #C884D8 #DDB3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B356C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#B356C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356C9

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356C9	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D76CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.188 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ada',
    500: '#b356c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356c9;
$custom-light: #cc8ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.522,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61248,
    "c": 0.18811,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356C9

secondary

#AFD5A6

accent

#DB4D68

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356C9

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

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