#B359E8#B359E8

#B359E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.215 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B359E8
RGB	rgb(179, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, 59.82, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 83.17, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.1401 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.215 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7255, 22.5554, 78.7473)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B359E8 #8EE859

analogous

#6B59E8 #B359E8 #E859D6

triadic

#B359E8 #E8B359 #59E8B3

tetradic

#B359E8 #E86B59 #8EE859 #59D6E8

square

#B359E8 #E86B59 #8EE859 #59D6E8

split-complementary

#B359E8 #D6E859 #59E86B

monochromatic

#7718AE #9A23E1 #B359E8 #CC8FEF #E4C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B359E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#B359E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B359E8

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B359E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B359E8	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)

#177EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b359e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.215 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8df0',
    500: '#b359e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b359e8;
$custom-light: #cd8df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b359e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.762,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63452,
    "c": 0.21477,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B359E8

secondary

#C8E8B5

accent

#D80E59

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B359E8

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

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