#B357EE#B357EE

#B357EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.224 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B357EE
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 62.04, -61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 87.09, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.1422 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.224 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4282, 22.5738, 83.2578)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B357EE #92EE57

analogous

#6757EE #B357EE #EE57DE

triadic

#B357EE #EEB357 #57EEB3

tetradic

#B357EE #EE6757 #92EE57 #57DEEE

square

#B357EE #EE6757 #92EE57 #57DEEE

split-complementary

#B357EE #DEEE57 #57EE67

monochromatic

#7713B8 #9A1FE8 #B357EE #CC8FF4 #E5C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B357EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#B357EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B357EE

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B357EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B357EE	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4184EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b357ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.224 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cf4',
    500: '#b357ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b357ee;
$custom-light: #ce8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b357ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.556,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63581,
    "c": 0.22356,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B357EE

secondary

#CBEBB6

accent

#DE085B

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B357EE

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

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