#B356DF#B356DF

#B356DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.210 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356DF
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 223)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 61.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, 59.33, -54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 80.49, 317.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.1438 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.21 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2352, 21.5680, 72.1047)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356DF #82DF56

analogous

#6E56DF #B356DF #DF56C6

triadic

#B356DF #DFB356 #56DFB3

tetradic

#B356DF #DF6E56 #82DF56 #56C6DF

square

#B356DF #DF6E56 #82DF56 #56C6DF

split-complementary

#B356DF #C6DF56 #56DF6E

monochromatic

#741E9D #9A27D0 #B356DF #CA89E9 #E1BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B356DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B356DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356DF

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356DF	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.210 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bea',
    500: '#b356df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356df;
$custom-light: #cd8bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.73,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62524,
    "c": 0.20985,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356DF

secondary

#BFE2AE

accent

#D01551

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356DF

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

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