#B356EF#B356EF

#B356EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.226 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356EF
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(276, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 62.72, -61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 88.08, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1432 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.226 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4951, 22.4720, 84.0069)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356EF #92EF56

analogous

#6656EF #B356EF #EF56DE

triadic

#B356EF #EFB356 #56EFB3

tetradic

#B356EF #EF6656 #92EF56 #56DEEF

square

#B356EF #EF6656 #92EF56 #56DEEF

split-complementary

#B356EF #DEEF56 #56EF66

monochromatic

#7712B9 #9A1EEA #B356EF #CC8EF4 #E5C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B356EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B356EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356EF

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356EF	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E84EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.226 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bf5',
    500: '#b356ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356ef;
$custom-light: #ce8bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.471,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63524,
    "c": 0.22588,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356EF

secondary

#CBEBB5

accent

#DF065B

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356EF

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

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