#B357EB#B357EB

#B357EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.221 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357EB
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 63%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 61.40, -59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 85.66, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1423 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.221 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9911, 22.3990, 80.9559)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357EB #8FEB57

analogous

#6957EB #B357EB #EB57D9

triadic

#B357EB #EBB357 #57EBB3

tetradic

#B357EB #EB6957 #8FEB57 #57D9EB

square

#B357EB #EB6957 #8FEB57 #57D9EB

split-complementary

#B357EB #D9EB57 #57EB69

monochromatic

#7715B2 #9A20E4 #B357EB #CC8EF2 #E4C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B357EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B357EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357EB

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357EB	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4484E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.221 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cf2',
    500: '#b357eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357eb;
$custom-light: #ce8cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63391,
    "c": 0.22053,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357EB

secondary

#C8E9B4

accent

#DB0A59

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357EB

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

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