#B35AE2#B35AE2

#B35AE2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.207 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35AE2
RGB	rgb(179, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 58.06, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 79.76, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.139 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.207 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9716, 22.3879, 74.3631)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35AE2 #89E25A

analogous

#6F5AE2 #B35AE2 #E25ACD

triadic

#B35AE2 #E2B35A #5AE2B3

tetradic

#B35AE2 #E26F5A #89E25A #5ACDE2

square

#B35AE2 #E26F5A #89E25A #5ACDE2

split-complementary

#B35AE2 #CDE25A #5AE26F

monochromatic

#761DA5 #9B26D9 #B35AE2 #CB8EEB #E3C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B35AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B35AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35AE2

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35AE2	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)

#277EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.207 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8dec',
    500: '#b35ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35ae2;
$custom-light: #cd8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.265,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63212,
    "c": 0.20725,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35AE2

secondary

#C4E5B3

accent

#D21355

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35AE2

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

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