#B36BC7#B36BC7

#B36BC7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.152 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BC7
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 199)
HSL	hsl(287, 45%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 46.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 43.79, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 56.96, 320.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% 0.1144 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.152 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1555, 24.2238, 56.8982)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BC7 #7FC76B

analogous

#856BC7 #B36BC7 #C76BAD

triadic

#B36BC7 #C7B36B #6BC7B3

tetradic

#B36BC7 #C7856B #7FC76B #6BADC7

square

#B36BC7 #C7856B #7FC76B #6BADC7

split-complementary

#B36BC7 #ADC76B #6BC785

monochromatic

#733285 #9A43B2 #B36BC7 #CA97D8 #E1C4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B36BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#B36BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BC7

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BC7	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C82CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.152 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97d8',
    500: '#b36bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bc7;
$custom-light: #cb97d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64138,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BC7

secondary

#BDD9B5

accent

#D5536F

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FA

border

#D2CCD3

text

#130E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BC7

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

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