#B36BE2#B36BE2

#B36BE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.182 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BE2
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 52.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 49.52, -49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 70.07, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.1175 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.182 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5730, 25.5908, 74.8969)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BE2 #9AE26B

analogous

#786BE2 #B36BE2 #E26BD5

triadic

#B36BE2 #E2B36B #6BE2B3

tetradic

#B36BE2 #E2786B #9AE26B #6BD5E2

square

#B36BE2 #E2786B #9AE26B #6BD5E2

split-complementary

#B36BE2 #D5E26B #6BE278

monochromatic

#7823B0 #9938D8 #B36BE2 #CD9EEC #E8D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B36BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#B36BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BE2

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BE2	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A87E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.182 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98eb',
    500: '#b36be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36be2;
$custom-light: #cc98eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.303,
    "s": 67.232,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65563,
    "c": 0.18191,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BE2

secondary

#D0E8C0

accent

#CF165F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BE2

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

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