#B356E6#B356E6

#B356E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.217 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356E6
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 60.80, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 83.80, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.1437 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.217 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1985, 21.9533, 77.1781)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356E6 #89E656

analogous

#6B56E6 #B356E6 #E656D1

triadic

#B356E6 #E6B356 #56E6B3

tetradic

#B356E6 #E66B56 #89E656 #56D1E6

square

#B356E6 #E66B56 #89E656 #56D1E6

split-complementary

#B356E6 #D1E656 #56E66B

monochromatic

#7619A9 #9B21DE #B356E6 #CB8BEE #E3C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B356E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B356E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356E6

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356E6	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E7CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.217 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bef',
    500: '#b356e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356e6;
$custom-light: #cd8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62955,
    "c": 0.21684,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356E6

secondary

#C4E6B1

accent

#D60F56

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356E6

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

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