#B356EC#B356EC

#B356EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.223 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356EC
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 236)
HSL	hsl(277, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 63.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 62.08, -60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 86.65, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.1434 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.223 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0556, 22.2962, 81.6921)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356EC #8FEC56

analogous

#6856EC #B356EC #EC56DA

triadic

#B356EC #ECB356 #56ECB3

tetradic

#B356EC #EC6856 #8FEC56 #56DAEC

square

#B356EC #EC6856 #8FEC56 #56DAEC

split-complementary

#B356EC #DAEC56 #56EC68

monochromatic

#7714B3 #9A1FE6 #B356EC #CC8DF2 #E4C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B356EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B356EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356EC

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356EC	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4283E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB749A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.223 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bf3',
    500: '#b356ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356ec;
$custom-light: #ce8bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63332,
    "c": 0.22287,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356EC

secondary

#C8EAB4

accent

#DC0959

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356EC

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

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