#B357CB#B357CB

#B357CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.189 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357CB
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 203)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 57.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 54.79, -44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 70.58, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.1421 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.189 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7767, 20.7132, 58.7599)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357CB #6FCB57

analogous

#7957CB #B357CB #CB57A9

triadic

#B357CB #CBB357 #57CBB3

tetradic

#B357CB #CB7957 #6FCB57 #57A9CB

square

#B357CB #CB7957 #6FCB57 #57A9CB

split-complementary

#B357CB #A9CB57 #57CB79

monochromatic

#6E2880 #9636AF #B357CB #C886D9 #DDB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B357CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B357CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357CB

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357CB	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D77CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.189 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bdb',
    500: '#b357cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357cb;
$custom-light: #cc8bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61489,
    "c": 0.18856,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357CB

secondary

#B1D7A7

accent

#DC4C6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357CB

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

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