#B35AE4#B35AE4

#B35AE4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.209 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35AE4
RGB	rgb(179, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 58.49, -55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 80.72, 316.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.139 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.209 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2476, 22.4983, 75.8169)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35AE4 #8BE45A

analogous

#6E5AE4 #B35AE4 #E45AD0

triadic

#B35AE4 #E4B35A #5AE4B3

tetradic

#B35AE4 #E46E5A #8BE45A #5AD0E4

square

#B35AE4 #E46E5A #8BE45A #5AD0E4

split-complementary

#B35AE4 #D0E45A #5AE46E

monochromatic

#761CA8 #9B25DB #B35AE4 #CB8FED #E3C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B35AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B35AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35AE4

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35AE4	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.209 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8ded',
    500: '#b35ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35ae4;
$custom-light: #cd8ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.696,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63333,
    "c": 0.20929,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35AE4

secondary

#C6E6B4

accent

#D41257

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35AE4

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

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