#B36BDA#B36BDA

#B36BDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.173 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BDA
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 218)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 50.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 47.77, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 66.13, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.1168 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.173 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5008, 25.1619, 69.2500)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BDA #92DA6B

analogous

#7B6BDA #B36BDA #DA6BC9

triadic

#B36BDA #DAB36B #6BDAB3

tetradic

#B36BDA #DA7B6B #92DA6B #6BC9DA

square

#B36BDA #DA7B6B #92DA6B #6BC9DA

split-complementary

#B36BDA #C9DA6B #6BDA7B

monochromatic

#7729A2 #9A3ACE #B36BDA #CC9CE6 #E5CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B36BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#B36BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BDA

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BDA	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5086DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.173 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e6',
    500: '#b36bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bda;
$custom-light: #cc98e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65123,
    "c": 0.17305,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BDA

secondary

#CBE4BD

accent

#C81E5A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BDA

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

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