#B356F5#B356F5

#B356F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.232 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B356F5
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 245)
HSL	hsl(275, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 64.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 64.02, -64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 90.94, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1428 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.232 308)
XYZ	xyz(38.3962, 22.8324, 88.7529)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B356F5 #98F556

analogous

#6356F5 #B356F5 #F556E8

triadic

#B356F5 #F5B356 #56F5B3

tetradic

#B356F5 #F56356 #98F556 #56E8F5

square

#B356F5 #F56356 #98F556 #56E8F5

split-complementary

#B356F5 #E8F556 #56F563

monochromatic

#780CC5 #991CF2 #B356F5 #CD90F8 #E7CAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#B356F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#B356F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B356F5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B356F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B356F5	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3684F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9779E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b356f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.232 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bf9',
    500: '#b356f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b356f5;
$custom-light: #ce8bf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b356f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63914,
    "c": 0.23192,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.22832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B356F5

secondary

#CFEFB8

accent

#E5005F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B356F5

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

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