#B357ED#B357ED

#B357ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.223 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357ED
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 237)
HSL	hsl(277, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 63.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 61.83, -60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 86.61, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1422 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.223 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2817, 22.5152, 82.4862)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357ED #91ED57

analogous

#6857ED #B357ED #ED57DC

triadic

#B357ED #EDB357 #57EDB3

tetradic

#B357ED #ED6857 #91ED57 #57DCED

square

#B357ED #ED6857 #91ED57 #57DCED

split-complementary

#B357ED #DCED57 #57ED68

monochromatic

#7714B6 #9A20E7 #B357ED #CC8EF3 #E5C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B357ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B357ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357ED

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357ED	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4284EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.223 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cf4',
    500: '#b357ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357ed;
$custom-light: #ce8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63518,
    "c": 0.22255,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357ED

secondary

#CAEAB5

accent

#DD095B

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357ED

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

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