#B357CE#B357CE

#B357CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.192 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357CE
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 55.39, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 71.97, 320.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1423 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.192 318)
XYZ	xyz(33.1376, 20.8576, 60.6609)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357CE #72CE57

analogous

#7857CE #B357CE #CE57AD

triadic

#B357CE #CEB357 #57CEB3

tetradic

#B357CE #CE7857 #72CE57 #57ADCE

square

#B357CE #CE7857 #72CE57 #57ADCE

split-complementary

#B357CE #ADCE57 #57CE78

monochromatic

#6F2784 #9734B3 #B357CE #C886DC #DEB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B357CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B357CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357CE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357CE	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A78D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.192 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bdd',
    500: '#b357ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357ce;
$custom-light: #cc8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.387,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61657,
    "c": 0.19151,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.20856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357CE

secondary

#B3D8A8

accent

#DE4A6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357CE

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

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