#B36BDF#B36BDF

#B36BDF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.179 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BDF
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 223)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 52%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 48.86, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 68.59, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.1173 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.179 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1650, 25.4275, 72.7479)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BDF #97DF6B

analogous

#796BDF #B36BDF #DF6BD1

triadic

#B36BDF #DFB36B #6BDFB3

tetradic

#B36BDF #DF796B #97DF6B #6BD1DF

square

#B36BDF #DF796B #97DF6B #6BD1DF

split-complementary

#B36BDF #D1DF6B #6BDF79

monochromatic

#7825AB #9939D4 #B36BDF #CD9DEA #E7D0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B36BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B36BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BDF

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BDF	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C87E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.179 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e9',
    500: '#b36bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bdf;
$custom-light: #cc98e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65396,
    "c": 0.17858,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BDF

secondary

#CEE7BF

accent

#CC195D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BDF

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

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