#B36BD8#B36BD8

#B36BD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.171 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BD8
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 216)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 50.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 47.35, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 65.16, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.1166 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.171 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2407, 25.0578, 67.8800)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BD8 #90D86B

analogous

#7C6BD8 #B36BD8 #D86BC6

triadic

#B36BD8 #D8B36B #6BD8B3

tetradic

#B36BD8 #D87C6B #90D86B #6BC6D8

square

#B36BD8 #D87C6B #90D86B #6BC6D8

split-complementary

#B36BD8 #C6D86B #6BD87C

monochromatic

#772A9F #9A3BCB #B36BD8 #CC9BE5 #E5CCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B36BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#B36BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BD8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BD8	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5185DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.171 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e4',
    500: '#b36bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bd8;
$custom-light: #cc98e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.633,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65015,
    "c": 0.17084,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BD8

secondary

#C9E3BC

accent

#C62058

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E15

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BD8

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

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