#B36AEF#B36AEF

#B36AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.198 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36AEF
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 239)
HSL	hsl(273, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(273, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 55.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 52.93, -56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 77.07, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.1195 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.198 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3212, 26.1242, 84.6156)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36AEF #A6EF6A

analogous

#706AEF #B36AEF #EF6AE9

triadic

#B36AEF #EFB36A #6AEFB3

tetradic

#B36AEF #EF706A #A6EF6A #6AE9EF

square

#B36AEF #EF706A #A6EF6A #6AE9EF

split-complementary

#B36AEF #E9EF6A #6AEF70

monochromatic

#7816C9 #9733E9 #B36AEF #CFA1F5 #EBD9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B36AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#B36AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36AEF

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36AEF	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B89F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#568CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA83A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.198 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd97f5',
    500: '#b36aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36aef;
$custom-light: #cd97f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.932,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66165,
    "c": 0.19785,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36AEF

secondary

#D8EFC6

accent

#DD0968

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36AEF

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

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