#B357E5#B357E5

#B357E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.214 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357E5
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 62%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, 60.12, -56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 82.80, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.1425 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.214 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1389, 22.0581, 76.4675)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357E5 #89E557

analogous

#6C57E5 #B357E5 #E557D0

triadic

#B357E5 #E5B357 #57E5B3

tetradic

#B357E5 #E56C57 #89E557 #57D0E5

square

#B357E5 #E56C57 #89E557 #57D0E5

split-complementary

#B357E5 #D0E557 #57E56C

monochromatic

#761AA8 #9B22DD #B357E5 #CB8CED #E3C1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B357E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#B357E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357E5

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357E5	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.214 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bee',
    500: '#b357e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357e5;
$custom-light: #cd8bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.873,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63016,
    "c": 0.21448,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357E5

secondary

#C4E6B2

accent

#D51056

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357E5

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

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