#B036C9#B036C9

#B036C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.229 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B036C9
RGB	rgb(176, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(290, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 67.61, -52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 85.42, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1755 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.229 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7650, 16.0870, 56.7843)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B036C9 #4FC936

analogous

#6736C9 #B036C9 #C93698

triadic

#B036C9 #C9B036 #36C9B0

tetradic

#B036C9 #C96736 #4FC936 #3698C9

square

#B036C9 #C96736 #4FC936 #3698C9

split-complementary

#B036C9 #98C936 #36C967

monochromatic

#5C1C69 #862999 #B036C9 #C366D6 #D696E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B036C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B036C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B036C9

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B036C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B036C9	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4474C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1537D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b036c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.229 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79da',
    500: '#b036c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b036c9;
$custom-light: #cc79da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b036c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.796,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57364,
    "c": 0.22852,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B036C9

secondary

#98CE8C

accent

#E14761

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B036C9

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

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