#B36BCD#B36BCD

#B36BCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.159 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BCD
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 47.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, 45.02, -39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 59.82, 318.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.1153 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.159 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8659, 24.5079, 60.6396)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BCD #85CD6B

analogous

#826BCD #B36BCD #CD6BB6

triadic

#B36BCD #CDB36B #6BCDB3

tetradic

#B36BCD #CD826B #85CD6B #6BB6CD

square

#B36BCD #CD826B #85CD6B #6BB6CD

split-complementary

#B36BCD #B6CD6B #6BCD82

monochromatic

#75308E #9B3FBB #B36BCD #CA99DC #E2C6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#B36BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#B36BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BCD

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BCD	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5883D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.159 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc97dc',
    500: '#b36bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bcd;
$custom-light: #cc97dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.082,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6444,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BCD

secondary

#C1DCB8

accent

#BD2950

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BCD

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

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