#B357BB#B357BB

#B357BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.173 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357BB
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(295, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 53.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 51.70, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 63.33, 324.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1407 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.173 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9675, 19.9895, 49.2313)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357BB #5FBB57

analogous

#8157BB #B357BB #BB5791

triadic

#B357BB #BBB357 #57BBB3

tetradic

#B357BB #BB8157 #5FBB57 #5791BB

square

#B357BB #BB8157 #5FBB57 #5791BB

split-complementary

#B357BB #91BB57 #57BB81

monochromatic

#672C6C #903D97 #B357BB #C783CD #DAAEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B357BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#B357BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357BB

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357BB	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4974BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.173 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ad0',
    500: '#b357bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357bb;
$custom-light: #cc8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60633,
    "c": 0.17315,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357BB

secondary

#A5CCA2

accent

#D25660

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357BB

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

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