#B35BE5#B35BE5

#B35BE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.209 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35BE5
RGB	rgb(179, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 58.22, -55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 80.65, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1378 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.209 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4717, 22.7238, 76.5784)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35BE5 #8DE55B

analogous

#6E5BE5 #B35BE5 #E55BD2

triadic

#B35BE5 #E5B35B #5BE5B3

tetradic

#B35BE5 #E56E5B #8DE55B #5BD2E5

square

#B35BE5 #E56E5B #8DE55B #5BD2E5

split-complementary

#B35BE5 #D2E55B #5BE56E

monochromatic

#771BAB #9B26DD #B35BE5 #CB90ED #E4C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B35BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#B35BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35BE5

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35BE5	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.209 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8eee',
    500: '#b35be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35be5;
$custom-light: #cd8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.261,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63522,
    "c": 0.2089,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35BE5

secondary

#C7E7B5

accent

#D51158

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35BE5

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

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