#B35AE1#B35AE1

#B35AE1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.206 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35AE1
RGB	rgb(179, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 57.85, -54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 79.29, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.139 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.206 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8348, 22.3332, 73.6426)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35AE1 #88E15A

analogous

#705AE1 #B35AE1 #E15ACB

triadic

#B35AE1 #E1B35A #5AE1B3

tetradic

#B35AE1 #E1705A #88E15A #5ACBE1

square

#B35AE1 #E1705A #88E15A #5ACBE1

split-complementary

#B35AE1 #CBE15A #5AE170

monochromatic

#761EA3 #9B27D7 #B35AE1 #CB8EEA #E3C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B35AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B35AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35AE1

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35AE1	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5184DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.206 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8deb',
    500: '#b35ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35ae1;
$custom-light: #cd8deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.556,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63152,
    "c": 0.20623,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35AE1

secondary

#C3E4B2

accent

#D11455

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35AE1

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

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