#B36AFF#B36AFF

#B36AFF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.216 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36AFF
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 255)
HSL	hsl(269, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 58.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 56.59, -63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 84.99, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.1197 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.216 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7904, 27.1119, 97.6199)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36AFF #B6FF6A

analogous

#6A6BFF #B36AFF #FE6AFF

triadic

#B36AFF #FFB36A #6AFFB3

tetradic

#B36AFF #FF6A6B #B6FF6A #6AFFFE

square

#B36AFF #FF6A6B #B6FF6A #6AFFFE

split-complementary

#B36AFF #FFFE6A #6BFF6A

monochromatic

#7500EF #942DFF #B36AFF #D2A7FF #EFE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B36AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B36AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36AFF

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36AFF	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#218CFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#468EFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A588AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.216 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce98ff',
    500: '#b36aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36aff;
$custom-light: #ce98ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.396,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67138,
    "c": 0.21558,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36AFF

secondary

#E3F6CE

accent

#E60075

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF2FF

border

#D3CCD7

text

#140E18

muted

#837E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36AFF

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

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