#B356CA#B356CA

#B356CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.189 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356CA
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 202)
HSL	hsl(288, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 57.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 55.07, -44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 70.67, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% 0.1433 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.189 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5775, 20.5049, 58.1075)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356CA #6DCA56

analogous

#7956CA #B356CA #CA56A7

triadic

#B356CA #CAB356 #56CAB3

tetradic

#B356CA #CA7956 #6DCA56 #56A7CA

square

#B356CA #CA7956 #6DCA56 #56A7CA

split-complementary

#B356CA #A7CA56 #56CA79

monochromatic

#6D287E #9536AD #B356CA #C885D9 #DDB3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B356CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B356CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356CA

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356CA	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C77CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.189 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ada',
    500: '#b356ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356ca;
$custom-light: #cc8ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.103,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61303,
    "c": 0.18909,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356CA

secondary

#B0D6A6

accent

#DC4C69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356CA

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

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