#B36BB4#B36BB4

#B36BB4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.133 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BB4
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 33%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(299, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 40.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 40.05, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 48.21, 326.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.1107 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.133 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0857, 23.3958, 45.9969)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BB4 #6CB46B

analogous

#8F6BB4 #B36BB4 #B46B91

triadic

#B36BB4 #B4B36B #6BB4B3

tetradic

#B36BB4 #B48F6B #6CB46B #6B91B4

square

#B36BB4 #B48F6B #6CB46B #6B91B4

split-complementary

#B36BB4 #91B46B #6BB48F

monochromatic

#6D376D #954C96 #B36BB4 #C894C9 #DDBCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B36BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B36BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BB4

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BB4	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.133 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97ca',
    500: '#b36bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bb4;
$custom-light: #cb97ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.178,
    "s": 32.735,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63242,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BB4

secondary

#AFCCAE

accent

#C95F60

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BB4

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

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