#B357BE#B357BE

#B357BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.176 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357BE
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 190)
HSL	hsl(294, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 54.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 52.27, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 64.66, 323.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.141 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.176 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2920, 20.1193, 50.9404)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357BE #62BE57

analogous

#8057BE #B357BE #BE5796

triadic

#B357BE #BEB357 #57BEB3

tetradic

#B357BE #BE8057 #62BE57 #5796BE

square

#B357BE #BE8057 #62BE57 #5796BE

split-complementary

#B357BE #96BE57 #57BE80

monochromatic

#682B6F #913C9C #B357BE #C783CF #DBAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B357BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B357BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357BE

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357BE	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4775C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.176 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bd2',
    500: '#b357be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357be;
$custom-light: #cc8bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.592,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60788,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357BE

secondary

#A7CEA3

accent

#D45462

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357BE

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

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