#B36BC2#B36BC2

#B36BC2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.147 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BC2
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 44.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 42.78, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 54.60, 321.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.1135 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.147 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5845, 23.9954, 53.8909)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BC2 #7AC26B

analogous

#886BC2 #B36BC2 #C26BA6

triadic

#B36BC2 #C2B36B #6BC2B3

tetradic

#B36BC2 #C2886B #7AC26B #6BA6C2

square

#B36BC2 #C2886B #7AC26B #6BA6C2

split-complementary

#B36BC2 #A6C26B #6BC288

monochromatic

#72347E #9946AA #B36BC2 #C996D4 #E0C2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B36BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B36BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BC2

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BC2	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E81C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7289BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4768D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.147 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97d4',
    500: '#b36bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bc2;
$custom-light: #cb97d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 41.627,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63894,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BC2

secondary

#B9D5B3

accent

#D1566C

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FA

border

#D2CCD3

text

#130E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BC2

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

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