#B356DE#B356DE

#B356DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.209 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356DE
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 222)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 59.12, -53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 80.01, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1438 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.209 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1008, 21.5142, 71.3967)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356DE #81DE56

analogous

#6F56DE #B356DE #DE56C5

triadic

#B356DE #DEB356 #56DEB3

tetradic

#B356DE #DE6F56 #81DE56 #56C5DE

square

#B356DE #DE6F56 #81DE56 #56C5DE

split-complementary

#B356DE #C5DE56 #56DE6F

monochromatic

#741E9B #9A28CE #B356DE #CA89E8 #E1BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B356DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B356DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356DE

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356DE	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.209 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8be9',
    500: '#b356de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356de;
$custom-light: #cd8be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.029,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62464,
    "c": 0.20884,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356DE

secondary

#BEE2AE

accent

#CF1651

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356DE

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

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