#B35CE5#B35CE5

#B35CE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.207 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35CE5
RGB	rgb(179, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 57.74, -55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 80.11, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.1366 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.207 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5578, 22.8960, 76.6071)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35CE5 #8EE55C

analogous

#6E5CE5 #B35CE5 #E55CD3

triadic

#B35CE5 #E5B35C #5CE5B3

tetradic

#B35CE5 #E56E5C #8EE55C #5CD3E5

square

#B35CE5 #E56E5C #8EE55C #5CD3E5

split-complementary

#B35CE5 #D3E55C #5CE56E

monochromatic

#771BAB #9A27DD #B35CE5 #CC91ED #E4C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B35CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B35CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35CE5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35CE5	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.207 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8eee',
    500: '#b35ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35ce5;
$custom-light: #cd8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.102,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63652,
    "c": 0.20749,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35CE5

secondary

#C8E7B6

accent

#D51158

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35CE5

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

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