#B357E4#B357E4

#B357E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.213 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357E4
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 59.91, -56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 82.33, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1426 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.213 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9997, 22.0024, 75.7342)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357E4 #88E457

analogous

#6D57E4 #B357E4 #E457CF

triadic

#B357E4 #E4B357 #57E4B3

tetradic

#B357E4 #E46D57 #88E457 #57CFE4

square

#B357E4 #E46D57 #88E457 #57CFE4

split-complementary

#B357E4 #CFE457 #57E46D

monochromatic

#761BA6 #9B23DB #B357E4 #CB8CEC #E3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B357E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B357E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357E4

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357E4	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.213 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bed',
    500: '#b357e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357e4;
$custom-light: #cd8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.149,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62954,
    "c": 0.21348,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357E4

secondary

#C3E6B1

accent

#D41155

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357E4

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

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