#B36BBF#B36BBF

#B36BBF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.144 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BBF
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 44%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 42.18, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 53.20, 322.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.113 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.144 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2510, 23.8620, 52.1344)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BBF #77BF6B

analogous

#896BBF #B36BBF #BF6BA1

triadic

#B36BBF #BFB36B #6BBFB3

tetradic

#B36BBF #BF896B #77BF6B #6BA1BF

square

#B36BBF #BF896B #77BF6B #6BA1BF

split-complementary

#B36BBF #A1BF6B #6BBF89

monochromatic

#71357B #9847A5 #B36BBF #C996D1 #DFC0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B36BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B36BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BBF

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BBF	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6081C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5758C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.144 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97d2',
    500: '#b36bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bbf;
$custom-light: #cb97d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6375,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BBF

secondary

#B7D4B2

accent

#D05869

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BBF

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

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