#B357BD#B357BD

#B357BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.175 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357BD
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 54%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 52.08, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 64.22, 324.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.1409 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.175 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1830, 20.0758, 50.3667)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357BD #61BD57

analogous

#8057BD #B357BD #BD5794

triadic

#B357BD #BDB357 #57BDB3

tetradic

#B357BD #BD8057 #61BD57 #5794BD

square

#B357BD #BD8057 #61BD57 #5794BD

split-complementary

#B357BD #94BD57 #57BD80

monochromatic

#682B6E #913D9A #B357BD #C783CE #DBAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B357BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B357BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357BD

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357BD	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4875C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.175 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ad1',
    500: '#b357bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357bd;
$custom-light: #cc8ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.118,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60736,
    "c": 0.17504,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357BD

secondary

#A6CEA2

accent

#D35461

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357BD

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

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