#B36AAA#B36AAA

#B36AAA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.125 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36AAA
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 170)
HSL	hsl(307, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(307, 41%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 38.74, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 44.55, 330.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.1099 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.125 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9998, 22.7956, 40.7896)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36AAA #6AB373

analogous

#976AB3 #B36AAA #B36A85

triadic

#B36AAA #AAB36A #6AAAB3

tetradic

#B36AAA #B3976A #6AB373 #6A85B3

square

#B36AAA #B3976A #6AB373 #6A85B3

split-complementary

#B36AAA #85B36A #6AB397

monochromatic

#6C3765 #944C8B #B36AAA #C893C1 #DCBBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B36AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#B36AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36AAA

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36AAA	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.125 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb96c3',
    500: '#b36aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36aaa;
$custom-light: #cb96c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.397,
    "s": 32.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62647,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36AAA

secondary

#ADCCB1

accent

#C96C5F

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#130D12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36AAA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →