#B356E0#B356E0

#B356E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.211 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356E0
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 224)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 61.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 59.54, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 80.96, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.1438 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.211 313)
XYZ	xyz(35.3704, 21.6221, 72.8168)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356E0 #83E056

analogous

#6E56E0 #B356E0 #E056C8

triadic

#B356E0 #E0B356 #56E0B3

tetradic

#B356E0 #E06E56 #83E056 #56C8E0

square

#B356E0 #E06E56 #83E056 #56C8E0

split-complementary

#B356E0 #C8E056 #56E06E

monochromatic

#741D9F #9A27D2 #B356E0 #CA8AE9 #E2BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B356E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B356E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356E0

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356E0	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7BE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.211 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bea',
    500: '#b356e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356e0;
$custom-light: #cd8bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.435,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62585,
    "c": 0.21085,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.21621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356E0

secondary

#C0E3AF

accent

#D11552

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356E0

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

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