#B35BDD#B35BDD

#B35BDD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.201 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35BDD
RGB	rgb(179, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 56.53, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 76.83, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.1378 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.201 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3804, 22.2873, 70.8307)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35BDD #85DD5B

analogous

#725BDD #B35BDD #DD5BC6

triadic

#B35BDD #DDB35B #5BDDB3

tetradic

#B35BDD #DD725B #85DD5B #5BC6DD

square

#B35BDD #DD725B #85DD5B #5BC6DD

split-complementary

#B35BDD #C6DD5B #5BDD72

monochromatic

#75219D #9B2BD0 #B35BDD #CA8EE8 #E2C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B35BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B35BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35BDD

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35BDD	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.201 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8ee8',
    500: '#b35bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35bdd;
$custom-light: #cd8ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.615,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63043,
    "c": 0.2007,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35BDD

secondary

#C1E2B1

accent

#CE1853

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35BDD

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

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