#B356CE#B356CE

#B356CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.193 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356CE
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, 55.87, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 72.52, 320.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.1435 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.193 318)
XYZ	xyz(33.0572, 20.6968, 60.6341)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356CE #71CE56

analogous

#7756CE #B356CE #CE56AD

triadic

#B356CE #CEB356 #56CEB3

tetradic

#B356CE #CE7756 #71CE56 #56ADCE

square

#B356CE #CE7756 #71CE56 #56ADCE

split-complementary

#B356CE #ADCE56 #56CE77

monochromatic

#6E2683 #9634B3 #B356CE #C885DC #DEB5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B356CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B356CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356CE

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356CE	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3877D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.193 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8add',
    500: '#b356ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356ce;
$custom-light: #cd8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61527,
    "c": 0.193,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.20696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356CE

secondary

#B3D8A8

accent

#DE496B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356CE

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

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