#B36ABA#B36ABA

#B36ABA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.141 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36ABA
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 186)
HSL	hsl(295, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 43%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 41.74, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 51.53, 324.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.1135 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.141 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6065, 23.4383, 49.2514)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36ABA #71BA6A

analogous

#8B6ABA #B36ABA #BA6A99

triadic

#B36ABA #BAB36A #6ABAB3

tetradic

#B36ABA #BA8B6A #71BA6A #6A99BA

square

#B36ABA #BA8B6A #71BA6A #6A99BA

split-complementary

#B36ABA #99BA6A #6ABA8B

monochromatic

#6E3674 #96499E #B36ABA #C894CD #DEBEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B36ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B36ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36ABA

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36ABA	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7588B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.141 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb96cf',
    500: '#b36aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36aba;
$custom-light: #cb96cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.75,
    "s": 36.697,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63358,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36ABA

secondary

#B3D0B0

accent

#CD5B65

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130D13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36ABA

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

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