#B36BBD#B36BBD

#B36BBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.142 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BBD
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(293, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 43.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 41.79, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 52.28, 323.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.1126 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.142 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0324, 23.7745, 50.9832)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BBD #75BD6B

analogous

#8A6BBD #B36BBD #BD6B9E

triadic

#B36BBD #BDB36B #6BBDB3

tetradic

#B36BBD #BD8A6B #75BD6B #6B9EBD

square

#B36BBD #BD8A6B #75BD6B #6B9EBD

split-complementary

#B36BBD #9EBD6B #6BBD8A

monochromatic

#703678 #9748A2 #B36BBD #C995D0 #DEC0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B36BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#B36BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BBD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BBD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6181C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5758B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.142 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97d1',
    500: '#b36bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bbd;
$custom-light: #cb97d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.683,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63655,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BBD

secondary

#B6D2B2

accent

#CE5A68

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BBD

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

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