#B36ACE#B36ACE

#B36ACE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.162 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36ACE
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 48.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 45.76, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 60.91, 318.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.1168 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.162 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8834, 24.3491, 61.2428)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36ACE #85CE6A

analogous

#816ACE #B36ACE #CE6AB7

triadic

#B36ACE #CEB36A #6ACEB3

tetradic

#B36ACE #CE816A #85CE6A #6AB7CE

square

#B36ACE #CE816A #85CE6A #6AB7CE

split-complementary

#B36ACE #B7CE6A #6ACE81

monochromatic

#752F8F #9B3EBD #B36ACE #CA98DD #E2C6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#B36ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#B36ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36ACE

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36ACE	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5683D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.162 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc97dd',
    500: '#b36ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36ace;
$custom-light: #cc97dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.8,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64339,
    "c": 0.16157,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36ACE

secondary

#C1DDB7

accent

#BE2850

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36ACE

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

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