#B36ABB#B36ABB

#B36ABB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.142 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36ABB
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 187)
HSL	hsl(294, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 43.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 41.93, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 51.98, 323.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.1137 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.142 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7132, 23.4810, 49.8132)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36ABB #72BB6A

analogous

#8A6ABB #B36ABB #BB6A9B

triadic

#B36ABB #BBB36A #6ABBB3

tetradic

#B36ABB #BB8A6A #72BB6A #6A9BBB

square

#B36ABB #BB8A6A #72BB6A #6A9BBB

split-complementary

#B36ABB #9BBB6A #6ABB8A

monochromatic

#6F3575 #97499F #B36ABB #C894CE #DEBEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B36ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#B36ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36ABB

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36ABB	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6180BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7588B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6738A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.142 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb96cf',
    500: '#b36abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36abb;
$custom-light: #cb96cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.074,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63405,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36ABB

secondary

#B3D1B0

accent

#CD5B66

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130D14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36ABB

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

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