#B356F4#B356F4

#B356F4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.231 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356F4
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 244)
HSL	hsl(275, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 64.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 63.80, -64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 90.46, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.1429 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.231 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2440, 22.7715, 87.9511)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356F4 #97F456

analogous

#6456F4 #B356F4 #F456E6

triadic

#B356F4 #F4B356 #56F4B3

tetradic

#B356F4 #F46456 #97F456 #56E6F4

square

#B356F4 #F46456 #97F456 #56E6F4

split-complementary

#B356F4 #E6F456 #56F464

monochromatic

#780DC3 #991DF0 #B356F4 #CD8FF8 #E7C9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B356F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#B356F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356F4

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356F4	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3884F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9779E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.231 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bf9',
    500: '#b356f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356f4;
$custom-light: #ce8bf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.316,
    "s": 87.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63849,
    "c": 0.23091,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356F4

secondary

#CEEEB8

accent

#E4015F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356F4

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

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