#B36BB5#B36BB5

#B36BB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.134 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BB5
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 181)
HSL	hsl(298, 33%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(298, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 40.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 40.24, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 48.65, 325.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.111 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.134 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1879, 23.4367, 46.5354)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BB5 #6DB56B

analogous

#8E6BB5 #B36BB5 #B56B92

triadic

#B36BB5 #B5B36B #6BB5B3

tetradic

#B36BB5 #B58E6B #6DB56B #6B92B5

square

#B36BB5 #B58E6B #6DB56B #6B92B5

split-complementary

#B36BB5 #92B56B #6BB58E

monochromatic

#6D376E #954C97 #B36BB5 #C894C9 #DDBDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B36BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B36BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BB5

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BB5	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.134 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97cb',
    500: '#b36bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bb5;
$custom-light: #cb97cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.378,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63287,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BB5

secondary

#B0CDAF

accent

#C95E61

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BB5

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

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