#B356DD#B356DD

#B356DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.208 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356DD
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, 58.92, -53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 79.54, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.1438 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.208 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9671, 21.4608, 70.6930)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356DD #80DD56

analogous

#6F56DD #B356DD #DD56C4

triadic

#B356DD #DDB356 #56DDB3

tetradic

#B356DD #DD6F56 #80DD56 #56C4DD

square

#B356DD #DD6F56 #80DD56 #56C4DD

split-complementary

#B356DD #C4DD56 #56DD6F

monochromatic

#731F9A #9A29CD #B356DD #CA89E7 #E1BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B356DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B356DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356DD

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356DD	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.208 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8be8',
    500: '#b356dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356dd;
$custom-light: #cd8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62403,
    "c": 0.20785,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356DD

secondary

#BEE1AE

accent

#CE1750

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356DD

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

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