#B35AE5#B35AE5

#B35AE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.210 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35AE5
RGB	rgb(179, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, 58.70, -56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 81.20, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.139 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.21 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3868, 22.5540, 76.5501)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35AE5 #8CE55A

analogous

#6D5AE5 #B35AE5 #E55AD2

triadic

#B35AE5 #E5B35A #5AE5B3

tetradic

#B35AE5 #E56D5A #8CE55A #5AD2E5

square

#B35AE5 #E56D5A #8CE55A #5AD2E5

split-complementary

#B35AE5 #D2E55A #5AE56D

monochromatic

#761BAA #9B25DD #B35AE5 #CB8FED #E4C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B35AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#B35AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35AE5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35AE5	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)

#227EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.210 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8dee',
    500: '#b35ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35ae5;
$custom-light: #cd8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.417,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63394,
    "c": 0.21032,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35AE5

secondary

#C6E7B4

accent

#D51157

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35AE5

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

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