#B356D9#B356D9

#B356D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.204 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356D9
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 58.09, -51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 77.66, 318.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1438 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.204 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4406, 21.2501, 67.9197)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356D9 #7CD956

analogous

#7156D9 #B356D9 #D956BE

triadic

#B356D9 #D9B356 #56D9B3

tetradic

#B356D9 #D97156 #7CD956 #56BED9

square

#B356D9 #D97156 #7CD956 #56BED9

split-complementary

#B356D9 #BED956 #56D971

monochromatic

#722193 #992CC5 #B356D9 #C988E4 #E0BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B356D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B356D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356D9

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356D9	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.204 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8be5',
    500: '#b356d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356d9;
$custom-light: #cd8be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.595,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62164,
    "c": 0.20387,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356D9

secondary

#BBDFAC

accent

#E64171

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356D9

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

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