#B356D3#B356D3

#B356D3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.198 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356D3
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 59.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, 56.87, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 74.85, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.1437 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.198 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6743, 20.9436, 63.8841)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356D3 #76D356

analogous

#7456D3 #B356D3 #D356B4

triadic

#B356D3 #D3B356 #56D3B3

tetradic

#B356D3 #D37456 #76D356 #56B4D3

square

#B356D3 #D37456 #76D356 #56B4D3

split-complementary

#B356D3 #B4D356 #56D374

monochromatic

#70248B #9831BB #B356D3 #C987E0 #DFB7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B356D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B356D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356D3

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356D3	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3378D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.198 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8ae1',
    500: '#b356d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356d3;
$custom-light: #cd8ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.64,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61813,
    "c": 0.19792,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356D3

secondary

#B6DBAA

accent

#E2466E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356D3

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

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