#B36BB3#B36BB3

#B36BB3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.132 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BB3
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 40%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 39.86, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 47.77, 326.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1105 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.132 327)
XYZ	xyz(31.9842, 23.3552, 45.4623)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BB3 #6BB36B

analogous

#8F6BB3 #B36BB3 #B36B8F

triadic

#B36BB3 #B3B36B #6BB3B3

tetradic

#B36BB3 #B38F6B #6BB36B #6B8FB3

square

#B36BB3 #B38F6B #6BB36B #6B8FB3

split-complementary

#B36BB3 #8FB36B #6BB38F

monochromatic

#6C386C #954C95 #B36BB3 #C893C8 #DDBCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B36BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#B36BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BB3

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BB3	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.132 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97ca',
    500: '#b36bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bb3;
$custom-light: #cb97ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 32.143,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63198,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.23354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BB3

secondary

#AECCAE

accent

#C85F5F

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BB3

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

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