#B36BE8#B36BE8

#B36BE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.189 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BE8
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 232)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 53.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 50.84, -52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 73.03, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.1179 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.189 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4107, 25.9259, 79.3090)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BE8 #A0E86B

analogous

#756BE8 #B36BE8 #E86BDF

triadic

#B36BE8 #E8B36B #6BE8B3

tetradic

#B36BE8 #E8756B #A0E86B #6BDFE8

square

#B36BE8 #E8756B #A0E86B #6BDFE8

split-complementary

#B36BE8 #DFE86B #6BE875

monochromatic

#781DBB #9836E0 #B36BE8 #CEA0F0 #E9D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B36BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B36BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BE8

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BE8	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4488EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC819F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.189 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98f0',
    500: '#b36be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36be8;
$custom-light: #cd98f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.56,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65903,
    "c": 0.18858,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BE8

secondary

#D4ECC3

accent

#D51064

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BE8

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

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