#B35AE6#B35AE6

#B35AE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.211 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35AE6
RGB	rgb(179, 90, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 58.91, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 81.67, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.139 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.211 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5269, 22.6100, 77.2876)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35AE6 #8DE65A

analogous

#6D5AE6 #B35AE6 #E65AD3

triadic

#B35AE6 #E6B35A #5AE6B3

tetradic

#B35AE6 #E66D5A #8DE65A #5AD3E6

square

#B35AE6 #E66D5A #8DE65A #5AD3E6

split-complementary

#B35AE6 #D3E65A #5AE66D

monochromatic

#771AAC #9B25DE #B35AE6 #CB8FEE #E4C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#B35AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#B35AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35AE6

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35AE6	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 90, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.211 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8def',
    500: '#b35ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35ae6;
$custom-light: #cd8def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.143,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63455,
    "c": 0.21134,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35AE6

secondary

#C7E7B5

accent

#D61058

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35AE6

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

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