#B36ABE#B36ABE

#B36ABE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.145 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36ABE
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(292, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 44.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 42.52, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 53.36, 322.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.1143 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.145 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0377, 23.6108, 51.5223)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36ABE #75BE6A

analogous

#896ABE #B36ABE #BE6A9F

triadic

#B36ABE #BEB36A #6ABEB3

tetradic

#B36ABE #BE896A #75BE6A #6A9FBE

square

#B36ABE #BE896A #75BE6A #6A9FBE

split-complementary

#B36ABE #9FBE6A #6ABE89

monochromatic

#703579 #9747A3 #B36ABE #C995D1 #DEBFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B36ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B36ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36ABE

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36ABE	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F80C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5748B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.145 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb96d2',
    500: '#b36abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36abe;
$custom-light: #cb96d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.143,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63546,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36ABE

secondary

#B6D3B1

accent

#CF5968

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130D14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36ABE

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

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