#B359AF#B359AF

#B359AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.159 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B359AF
RGB	rgb(179, 89, 175)
HSL	hsl(303, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 2.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 48.51, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 56.98, 328.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1362 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.159 329)
XYZ	xyz(29.9003, 19.8253, 42.8009)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B359AF #59B35D

analogous

#8A59B3 #B359AF #B35982

triadic

#B359AF #AFB359 #59AFB3

tetradic

#B359AF #B38A59 #59B35D #5982B3

square

#B359AF #B38A59 #59B35D #5982B3

split-complementary

#B359AF #82B359 #59B38A

monochromatic

#642E61 #8E418A #B359AF #C683C3 #D9ADD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B359AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B359AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B359AF

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B359AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B359AF	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5373B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8627C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b359af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 89, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.159 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bc7',
    500: '#b359af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b359af;
$custom-light: #cc8bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b359af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.667,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60313,
    "c": 0.15884,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.19824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B359AF

secondary

#A0C7A2

accent

#CD605B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B359AF

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

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