#B35CE6#B35CE6

#B35CE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.209 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35CE6
RGB	rgb(179, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 57.95, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 80.59, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.1366 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.209 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6978, 22.9520, 77.3445)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35CE6 #8FE65C

analogous

#6E5CE6 #B35CE6 #E65CD4

triadic

#B35CE6 #E6B35C #5CE6B3

tetradic

#B35CE6 #E66E5C #8FE65C #5CD4E6

square

#B35CE6 #E66E5C #8FE65C #5CD4E6

split-complementary

#B35CE6 #D4E65C #5CE66E

monochromatic

#771BAD #9A27DE #B35CE6 #CC91EE #E4C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B35CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B35CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35CE6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35CE6	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2680EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.209 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8eee',
    500: '#b35ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35ce6;
$custom-light: #cd8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63713,
    "c": 0.20852,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35CE6

secondary

#C8E8B6

accent

#D61059

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35CE6

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

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