#B36BCB#B36BCB

#B36BCB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.157 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BCB
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 203)
HSL	hsl(285, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 47.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 44.61, -38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 58.86, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.115 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.157 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6261, 24.4120, 59.3763)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BCB #83CB6B

analogous

#836BCB #B36BCB #CB6BB3

triadic

#B36BCB #CBB36B #6BCBB3

tetradic

#B36BCB #CB836B #83CB6B #6BB3CB

square

#B36BCB #CB836B #83CB6B #6BB3CB

split-complementary

#B36BCB #B3CB6B #6BCB83

monochromatic

#74318B #9A41B8 #B36BCB #CA98DB #E2C6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B36BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#B36BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BCB

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BCB	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5983CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.157 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97db',
    500: '#b36bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bcb;
$custom-light: #cb97db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64338,
    "c": 0.15667,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BCB

secondary

#C0DBB7

accent

#BB2A4E

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BCB

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

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