#B356CD#B356CD

#B356CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.192 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356CD
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 55.67, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 72.06, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.1435 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.192 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9361, 20.6484, 59.9964)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356CD #70CD56

analogous

#7856CD #B356CD #CD56AB

triadic

#B356CD #CDB356 #56CDB3

tetradic

#B356CD #CD7856 #70CD56 #56ABCD

square

#B356CD #CD7856 #70CD56 #56ABCD

split-complementary

#B356CD #ABCD56 #56CD78

monochromatic

#6E2682 #9634B1 #B356CD #C885DB #DDB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B356CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B356CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356CD

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356CD	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3977D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.192 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8add',
    500: '#b356cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356cd;
$custom-light: #cc8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.891,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61471,
    "c": 0.19202,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356CD

secondary

#B2D8A7

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356CD

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

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