#B356E4#B356E4

#B356E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.215 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356E4
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 60.38, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 82.85, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1437 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.215 312)
XYZ	xyz(35.9193, 21.8416, 75.7074)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356E4 #87E456

analogous

#6C56E4 #B356E4 #E456CE

triadic

#B356E4 #E4B356 #56E4B3

tetradic

#B356E4 #E46C56 #87E456 #56CEE4

square

#B356E4 #E46C56 #87E456 #56CEE4

split-complementary

#B356E4 #CEE456 #56E46C

monochromatic

#751AA5 #9B23DA #B356E4 #CB8BEC #E2C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B356E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B356E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356E4

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356E4	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.215 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bed',
    500: '#b356e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356e4;
$custom-light: #cd8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.296,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6283,
    "c": 0.21484,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.21841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356E4

secondary

#C3E5B0

accent

#D51154

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356E4

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

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