#B357DD#B357DD

#B357DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.206 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357DD
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 58.44, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 79.01, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1426 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.206 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0475, 21.6216, 70.7198)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357DD #81DD57

analogous

#7057DD #B357DD #DD57C4

triadic

#B357DD #DDB357 #57DDB3

tetradic

#B357DD #DD7057 #81DD57 #57C4DD

square

#B357DD #DD7057 #81DD57 #57C4DD

split-complementary

#B357DD #C4DD57 #57DD70

monochromatic

#741F9A #9A2ACD #B357DD #CA8AE7 #E1BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B357DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B357DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357DD

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357DD	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.206 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8be8',
    500: '#b357dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357dd;
$custom-light: #cd8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.194,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62529,
    "c": 0.20644,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357DD

secondary

#BEE1AE

accent

#CE1751

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357DD

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

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