#B356E8#B356E8

#B356E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.219 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356E8
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 61.22, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 84.75, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1436 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.219 311)
XYZ	xyz(36.4810, 22.0663, 78.6657)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356E8 #8BE856

analogous

#6A56E8 #B356E8 #E856D4

triadic

#B356E8 #E8B356 #56E8B3

tetradic

#B356E8 #E86A56 #8BE856 #56D4E8

square

#B356E8 #E86A56 #8BE856 #56D4E8

split-complementary

#B356E8 #D4E856 #56E86A

monochromatic

#7617AC #9B20E1 #B356E8 #CB8CEF #E3C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B356E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#B356E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356E8

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356E8	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.219 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bf0',
    500: '#b356e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356e8;
$custom-light: #ce8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.219,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6308,
    "c": 0.21885,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.22065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356E8

secondary

#C6E8B2

accent

#D80D57

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356E8

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

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