#B356D4#B356D4

#B356D4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.199 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356D4
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 212)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 57.07, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 75.31, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1438 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.199 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8001, 20.9939, 64.5464)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356D4 #77D456

analogous

#7456D4 #B356D4 #D456B6

triadic

#B356D4 #D4B356 #56D4B3

tetradic

#B356D4 #D47456 #77D456 #56B6D4

square

#B356D4 #D47456 #77D456 #56B6D4

split-complementary

#B356D4 #B6D456 #56D474

monochromatic

#71248C #9830BD #B356D4 #C987E0 #DFB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B356D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B356D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356D4

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356D4	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3279D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.199 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8ae2',
    500: '#b356d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356d4;
$custom-light: #cd8ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.286,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61871,
    "c": 0.19891,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356D4

secondary

#B7DCAA

accent

#E3456E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356D4

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

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