#B357AE#B357AE

#B357AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.161 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357AE
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 2.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 49.32, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 57.71, 328.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.1388 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.161 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6383, 19.4579, 42.2308)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357AE #57B35C

analogous

#8A57B3 #B357AE #B35780

triadic

#B357AE #AEB357 #57AEB3

tetradic

#B357AE #B38A57 #57B35C #5780B3

square

#B357AE #B38A57 #57B35C #5780B3

split-complementary

#B357AE #80B357 #57B38A

monochromatic

#632D60 #8D4089 #B357AE #C681C2 #D9ABD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#B357AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#B357AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357AE

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357AE	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5172B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.161 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ac6',
    500: '#b357ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357ae;
$custom-light: #cc8ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.261,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59987,
    "c": 0.16122,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357AE

secondary

#9FC7A1

accent

#CE605A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357AE

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

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