#B359E5#B359E5

#B359E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.212 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B359E5
RGB	rgb(179, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, 59.18, -56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 81.73, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1402 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.212 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3030, 22.3865, 76.5222)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B359E5 #8BE559

analogous

#6D59E5 #B359E5 #E559D1

triadic

#B359E5 #E5B359 #59E5B3

tetradic

#B359E5 #E56D59 #8BE559 #59D1E5

square

#B359E5 #E56D59 #8BE559 #59D1E5

split-complementary

#B359E5 #D1E559 #59E56D

monochromatic

#761AA9 #9B24DD #B359E5 #CB8EED #E3C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B359E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B359E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B359E5

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B359E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B359E5	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)

#1E7EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b359e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.212 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8dee',
    500: '#b359e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b359e5;
$custom-light: #cd8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b359e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63267,
    "c": 0.21171,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B359E5

secondary

#C6E6B3

accent

#D51057

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B359E5

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

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