#B356E2#B356E2

#B356E2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.213 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356E2
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 59.96, -55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 81.91, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.1438 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.213 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6432, 21.7312, 74.2537)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356E2 #85E256

analogous

#6D56E2 #B356E2 #E256CB

triadic

#B356E2 #E2B356 #56E2B3

tetradic

#B356E2 #E26D56 #85E256 #56CBE2

square

#B356E2 #E26D56 #85E256 #56CBE2

split-complementary

#B356E2 #CBE256 #56E26D

monochromatic

#751CA2 #9B25D6 #B356E2 #CA8AEB #E2BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B356E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B356E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356E2

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356E2	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.213 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bec',
    500: '#b356e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356e2;
$custom-light: #cd8bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62707,
    "c": 0.21284,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356E2

secondary

#C1E4B0

accent

#D31353

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356E2

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

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