#B356DB#B356DB

#B356DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.206 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356DB
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 58.50, -52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 78.60, 318.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1438 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.206 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7023, 21.3548, 69.2980)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356DB #7EDB56

analogous

#7156DB #B356DB #DB56C0

triadic

#B356DB #DBB356 #56DBB3

tetradic

#B356DB #DB7156 #7EDB56 #56C0DB

square

#B356DB #DB7156 #7EDB56 #56C0DB

split-complementary

#B356DB #C0DB56 #56DB71

monochromatic

#732097 #992BC9 #B356DB #CA88E6 #E0BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B356DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B356DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356DB

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356DB	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.206 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8be7',
    500: '#b356db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356db;
$custom-light: #cd8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.955,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.20585,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356DB

secondary

#BCE0AD

accent

#E84072

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356DB

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

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