#B356E9#B356E9

#B356E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.220 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356E9
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 61.44, -59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 85.23, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1436 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.22 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6234, 22.1233, 79.4159)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356E9 #8CE956

analogous

#6956E9 #B356E9 #E956D6

triadic

#B356E9 #E9B356 #56E9B3

tetradic

#B356E9 #E96956 #8CE956 #56D6E9

square

#B356E9 #E96956 #8CE956 #56D6E9

split-complementary

#B356E9 #D6E956 #56E969

monochromatic

#7617AE #9B20E2 #B356E9 #CB8CF0 #E4C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B356E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B356E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356E9

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356E9	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.220 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bf1',
    500: '#b356e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356e9;
$custom-light: #ce8bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63143,
    "c": 0.21986,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356E9

secondary

#C6E8B3

accent

#D90C58

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356E9

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

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