#B356E7#B356E7

#B356E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.218 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356E7
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 61.01, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 84.28, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.1436 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.218 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3393, 22.0096, 77.9198)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356E7 #8AE756

analogous

#6B56E7 #B356E7 #E756D2

triadic

#B356E7 #E7B356 #56E7B3

tetradic

#B356E7 #E76B56 #8AE756 #56D2E7

square

#B356E7 #E76B56 #8AE756 #56D2E7

split-complementary

#B356E7 #D2E756 #56E76B

monochromatic

#7618AA #9B20DF #B356E7 #CB8CEF #E3C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B356E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B356E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356E7

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356E7	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A7DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4783E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.218 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bef',
    500: '#b356e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356e7;
$custom-light: #cd8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.483,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63017,
    "c": 0.21785,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356E7

secondary

#C5E7B2

accent

#D70E56

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356E7

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

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