#B356D8#B356D8

#B356D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.203 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356D8
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 60.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 57.89, -51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 77.19, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1438 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.203 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3109, 21.1983, 67.2367)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356D8 #7BD856

analogous

#7256D8 #B356D8 #D856BC

triadic

#B356D8 #D8B356 #56D8B3

tetradic

#B356D8 #D87256 #7BD856 #56BCD8

square

#B356D8 #D87256 #7BD856 #56BCD8

split-complementary

#B356D8 #BCD856 #56D872

monochromatic

#722292 #992DC4 #B356D8 #C988E3 #E0B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B356D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B356D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356D8

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356D8	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5482D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.203 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8be5',
    500: '#b356d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356d8;
$custom-light: #cd8be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.923,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62105,
    "c": 0.20287,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356D8

secondary

#BADEAB

accent

#E64271

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356D8

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

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