#B36BB2#B36BB2

#B36BB2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.131 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BB2
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 178)
HSL	hsl(301, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(301, 40%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 0.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 39.67, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 47.33, 326.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1103 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.131 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8834, 23.3149, 44.9316)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BB2 #6BB36C

analogous

#906BB3 #B36BB2 #B36B8E

triadic

#B36BB2 #B2B36B #6BB2B3

tetradic

#B36BB2 #B3906B #6BB36C #6B8EB3

square

#B36BB2 #B3906B #6BB36C #6B8EB3

split-complementary

#B36BB2 #8EB36B #6BB390

monochromatic

#6C386B #954C94 #B36BB2 #C893C7 #DDBCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B36BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B36BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BB2

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BB2	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.131 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97c9',
    500: '#b36bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bb2;
$custom-light: #cb97c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.833,
    "s": 32.143,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63153,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BB2

secondary

#AECCAE

accent

#C8615F

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BB2

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

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