#B36BE4#B36BE4

#B36BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.184 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BE4
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 228)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 53.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 49.96, -50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 71.05, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.1177 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.184 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8490, 25.7012, 76.3507)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BE4 #9CE46B

analogous

#766BE4 #B36BE4 #E46BD9

triadic

#B36BE4 #E4B36B #6BE4B3

tetradic

#B36BE4 #E4766B #9CE46B #6BD9E4

square

#B36BE4 #E4766B #9CE46B #6BD9E4

split-complementary

#B36BE4 #D9E46B #6BE476

monochromatic

#7821B4 #9837DB #B36BE4 #CE9FED #E8D3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B36BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B36BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BE4

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BE4	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4887E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD809E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.184 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98ed',
    500: '#b36be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36be4;
$custom-light: #cc98ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.702,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65675,
    "c": 0.18413,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BE4

secondary

#D2EAC1

accent

#D11461

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BE4

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

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