#B357CD#B357CD

#B357CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.191 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357CD
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 55.19, -45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 71.51, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% 0.1422 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.191 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0165, 20.8092, 60.0232)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357CD #71CD57

analogous

#7857CD #B357CD #CD57AC

triadic

#B357CD #CDB357 #57CDB3

tetradic

#B357CD #CD7857 #71CD57 #57ACCD

square

#B357CD #CD7857 #71CD57 #57ACCD

split-complementary

#B357CD #ACCD57 #57CD78

monochromatic

#6E2783 #9635B2 #B357CD #C886DB #DEB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B357CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B357CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357CD

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357CD	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.191 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bdd',
    500: '#b357cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357cd;
$custom-light: #cc8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.78,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.616,
    "c": 0.19053,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357CD

secondary

#B3D8A8

accent

#DD4A6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357CD

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

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