#B356CF#B356CF

#B356CF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.194 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356CF
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 207)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 58.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 56.07, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 72.98, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.1436 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.194 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1791, 20.7456, 61.2759)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356CF #72CF56

analogous

#7756CF #B356CF #CF56AE

triadic

#B356CF #CFB356 #56CFB3

tetradic

#B356CF #CF7756 #72CF56 #56AECF

square

#B356CF #CF7756 #72CF56 #56AECF

split-complementary

#B356CF #AECF56 #56CF77

monochromatic

#6F2685 #9733B5 #B356CF #C886DD #DEB5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B356CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B356CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356CF

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356CF	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3778D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.194 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8ade',
    500: '#b356cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356cf;
$custom-light: #cd8ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.116,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61584,
    "c": 0.19398,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356CF

secondary

#B3D9A8

accent

#DF496C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356CF

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

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