#B36ABC#B36ABC

#B36ABC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.143 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36ABC
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 188)
HSL	hsl(293, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(293, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 43.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 42.13, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 52.44, 323.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.1139 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.143 323)
XYZ	xyz(32.8206, 23.5240, 50.3789)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36ABC #73BC6A

analogous

#8A6ABC #B36ABC #BC6A9C

triadic

#B36ABC #BCB36A #6ABCB3

tetradic

#B36ABC #BC8A6A #73BC6A #6A9CBC

square

#B36ABC #BC8A6A #73BC6A #6A9CBC

split-complementary

#B36ABC #9CBC6A #6ABC8A

monochromatic

#6F3576 #9748A1 #B36ABC #C994CF #DEBEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B36ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#B36ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36ABC

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36ABC	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#6080BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6738A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.143 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb96d0',
    500: '#b36abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36abc;
$custom-light: #cb96d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.415,
    "s": 37.963,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63452,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.23523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36ABC

secondary

#B4D1B0

accent

#CE5A67

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130D14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36ABC

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

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