#B36AEE#B36AEE

#B36AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.197 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36AEE
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 52.70, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 76.58, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.1195 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.197 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1739, 26.0653, 83.8397)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36AEE #A5EE6A

analogous

#716AEE #B36AEE #EE6AE7

triadic

#B36AEE #EEB36A #6AEEB3

tetradic

#B36AEE #EE716A #A5EE6A #6AE7EE

square

#B36AEE #EE716A #A5EE6A #6AE7EE

split-complementary

#B36AEE #E7EE6A #6AEE71

monochromatic

#7817C7 #9733E8 #B36AEE #CFA1F4 #EBD8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B36AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B36AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36AEE

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36AEE	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA82A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.197 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd97f4',
    500: '#b36aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36aee;
$custom-light: #cd97f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.182,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66106,
    "c": 0.19675,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36AEE

secondary

#D8EFC5

accent

#DC0A68

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36AEE

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

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