#B36BCA#B36BCA

#B36BCA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.156 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BCA
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 202)
HSL	hsl(285, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 47%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 47%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 44.40, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 58.38, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.1148 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.156 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5073, 24.3645, 58.7507)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BCA #82CA6B

analogous

#836BCA #B36BCA #CA6BB1

triadic

#B36BCA #CAB36B #6BCAB3

tetradic

#B36BCA #CA836B #82CA6B #6BB1CA

square

#B36BCA #CA836B #82CA6B #6BB1CA

split-complementary

#B36BCA #B1CA6B #6BCA83

monochromatic

#743189 #9A41B6 #B36BCA #CA98DA #E1C5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#B36BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#B36BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BCA

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BCA	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A83CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.156 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97da',
    500: '#b36bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bca;
$custom-light: #cb97da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.474,
    "s": 47.264,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64288,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BCA

secondary

#BFDAB6

accent

#BB2B4E

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BCA

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

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