#B356EE#B356EE

#B356EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.225 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356EE
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 62.51, -61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 87.60, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1433 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.225 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3478, 22.4130, 83.2310)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356EE #91EE56

analogous

#6756EE #B356EE #EE56DD

triadic

#B356EE #EEB356 #56EEB3

tetradic

#B356EE #EE6756 #91EE56 #56DDEE

square

#B356EE #EE6756 #91EE56 #56DDEE

split-complementary

#B356EE #DDEE56 #56EE67

monochromatic

#7712B7 #9A1EE8 #B356EE #CC8EF4 #E5C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B356EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B356EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356EE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356EE	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.225 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bf4',
    500: '#b356ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356ee;
$custom-light: #ce8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.711,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6346,
    "c": 0.22488,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356EE

secondary

#CAEBB5

accent

#DE075B

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356EE

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

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