#B36BDE#B36BDE

#B36BDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.177 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BDE
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 48.64, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 68.10, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.1172 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.177 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0305, 25.3738, 72.0400)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BDE #96DE6B

analogous

#7A6BDE #B36BDE #DE6BD0

triadic

#B36BDE #DEB36B #6BDEB3

tetradic

#B36BDE #DE7A6B #96DE6B #6BD0DE

square

#B36BDE #DE7A6B #96DE6B #6BD0DE

split-complementary

#B36BDE #D0DE6B #6BDE7A

monochromatic

#7826A9 #9939D3 #B36BDE #CD9DE9 #E6CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#B36BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#B36BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BDE

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BDE	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D86E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.177 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e9',
    500: '#b36bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bde;
$custom-light: #cc98e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.565,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65341,
    "c": 0.17747,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BDE

secondary

#CDE6BF

accent

#CB1A5C

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BDE

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

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