#B35BB5#B35BB5

#B35BB5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.161 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35BB5
RGB	rgb(179, 91, 181)
HSL	hsl(299, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(299, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 49.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 48.60, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 58.39, 326.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.1343 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.161 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6714, 20.4037, 46.0299)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35BB5 #5DB55B

analogous

#865BB5 #B35BB5 #B55B8A

triadic

#B35BB5 #B5B35B #5BB5B3

tetradic

#B35BB5 #B5865B #5DB55B #5B8AB5

square

#B35BB5 #B5865B #5DB55B #5B8AB5

split-complementary

#B35BB5 #8AB55B #5BB586

monochromatic

#662F67 #8F4291 #B35BB5 #C785C8 #DAAFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B35BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B35BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35BB5

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35BB5	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5276B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 91, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.161 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8dcb',
    500: '#b35bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35bb5;
$custom-light: #cc8dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60884,
    "c": 0.16107,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35BB5

secondary

#A3C9A3

accent

#CE5A5D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35BB5

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

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