#B357E9#B357E9

#B357E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.218 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357E9
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 60.97, -58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 84.70, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1424 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.219 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7038, 22.2841, 79.4427)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357E9 #8DE957

analogous

#6A57E9 #B357E9 #E957D6

triadic

#B357E9 #E9B357 #57E9B3

tetradic

#B357E9 #E96A57 #8DE957 #57D6E9

square

#B357E9 #E96A57 #8DE957 #57D6E9

split-complementary

#B357E9 #D6E957 #57E96A

monochromatic

#7717AF #9B21E2 #B357E9 #CB8DF0 #E4C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B357E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B357E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357E9

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357E9	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#077EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4684E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.218 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cf1',
    500: '#b357e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357e9;
$custom-light: #ce8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.808,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63265,
    "c": 0.2185,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357E9

secondary

#C7E8B3

accent

#D90C58

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357E9

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

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