#B356ED#B356ED

#B356ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.224 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356ED
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 237)
HSL	hsl(277, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 63.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 62.29, -60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 87.13, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.1434 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.224 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2013, 22.3544, 82.4594)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356ED #90ED56

analogous

#6756ED #B356ED #ED56DB

triadic

#B356ED #EDB356 #56EDB3

tetradic

#B356ED #ED6756 #90ED56 #56DBED

square

#B356ED #ED6756 #90ED56 #56DBED

split-complementary

#B356ED #DBED56 #56ED67

monochromatic

#7713B5 #9A1FE7 #B356ED #CC8DF3 #E5C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B356ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B356ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356ED

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356ED	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4184EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.224 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bf4',
    500: '#b356ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356ed;
$custom-light: #ce8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.954,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63396,
    "c": 0.22387,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356ED

secondary

#C9EAB4

accent

#DD085A

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356ED

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

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