#B356CB#B356CB

#B356CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.190 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356CB
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 203)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 57.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 55.27, -44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 71.13, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.1434 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.19 319)
XYZ	xyz(32.6963, 20.5524, 58.7331)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356CB #6ECB56

analogous

#7956CB #B356CB #CB56A9

triadic

#B356CB #CBB356 #56CBB3

tetradic

#B356CB #CB7956 #6ECB56 #56A9CB

square

#B356CB #CB7956 #6ECB56 #56A9CB

split-complementary

#B356CB #A9CB56 #56CB79

monochromatic

#6D277F #9536AE #B356CB #C885D9 #DDB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B356CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B356CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356CB

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356CB	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B77CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.190 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8adb',
    500: '#b356cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356cb;
$custom-light: #cc8adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.692,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61359,
    "c": 0.19006,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.20551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356CB

secondary

#B0D6A6

accent

#DC4B69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356CB

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

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