#B36BD2#B36BD2

#B36BD2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.164 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BD2
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 210)
HSL	hsl(282, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 49%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 46.07, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 62.24, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.1159 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.164 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4791, 24.7532, 63.8692)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BD2 #8AD26B

analogous

#806BD2 #B36BD2 #D26BBD

triadic

#B36BD2 #D2B36B #6BD2B3

tetradic

#B36BD2 #D2806B #8AD26B #6BBDD2

square

#B36BD2 #D2806B #8AD26B #6BBDD2

split-complementary

#B36BD2 #BDD26B #6BD280

monochromatic

#762D95 #9B3CC4 #B36BD2 #CB9AE0 #E3C9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#B36BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#B36BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BD2

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BD2	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5584D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.164 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc97e0',
    500: '#b36bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bd2;
$custom-light: #cc97e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.942,
    "s": 53.368,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64698,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BD2

secondary

#C5DFB9

accent

#C12554

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BD2

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

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