#B356E5#B356E5

#B356E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.216 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356E5
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 60.59, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 83.33, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1437 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.216 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0585, 21.8973, 76.4407)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356E5 #88E556

analogous

#6C56E5 #B356E5 #E556D0

triadic

#B356E5 #E5B356 #56E5B3

tetradic

#B356E5 #E56C56 #88E556 #56D0E5

square

#B356E5 #E56C56 #88E556 #56D0E5

split-complementary

#B356E5 #D0E556 #56E56C

monochromatic

#761AA7 #9B22DC #B356E5 #CB8BED #E3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B356E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B356E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356E5

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356E5	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.216 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bee',
    500: '#b356e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356e5;
$custom-light: #cd8bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.021,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62892,
    "c": 0.21584,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356E5

secondary

#C3E6B1

accent

#D51055

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356E5

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

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