#B35BAE#B35BAE

#B35BAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.155 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35BAE
RGB	rgb(179, 91, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 2.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 47.32, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 55.39, 328.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% 0.1331 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.155 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9711, 20.1236, 42.3418)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35BAE #5BB360

analogous

#8C5BB3 #B35BAE #B35B82

triadic

#B35BAE #AEB35B #5BAEB3

tetradic

#B35BAE #B38C5B #5BB360 #5B82B3

square

#B35BAE #B38C5B #5BB360 #5B82B3

split-complementary

#B35BAE #82B35B #5BB38C

monochromatic

#652F62 #8F428A #B35BAE #C685C3 #DAAFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B35BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B35BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35BAE

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35BAE	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5674B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9637C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 91, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.155 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8dc6',
    500: '#b35bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35bae;
$custom-light: #cc8dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.409,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60548,
    "c": 0.15462,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35BAE

secondary

#A2C8A4

accent

#CD625B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35BAE

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

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