#B36AE9#B36AE9

#B36AE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.191 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36AE9
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 233)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 54.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 51.59, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 74.11, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.1193 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.191 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4495, 25.7755, 80.0246)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36AE9 #A0E96A

analogous

#746AE9 #B36AE9 #E96AE0

triadic

#B36AE9 #E9B36A #6AE9B3

tetradic

#B36AE9 #E9746A #A0E96A #6AE0E9

square

#B36AE9 #E9746A #A0E96A #6AE0E9

split-complementary

#B36AE9 #E0E96A #6AE974

monochromatic

#781CBD #9835E1 #B36AE9 #CE9FF1 #E9D5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B36AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B36AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36AE9

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36AE9	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4188ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB81A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.191 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd97f0',
    500: '#b36ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36ae9;
$custom-light: #cd97f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.488,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65815,
    "c": 0.1912,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36AE9

secondary

#D4ECC3

accent

#D60F64

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36AE9

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

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