#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
RGBrgb(179, 107, 232)
HSLhsl(275, 73%, 66%)
HSVhsv(275, 54%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(22.8%, 53.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.97, 50.84, -52.42)
CIE-LCHlch(57.97, 73.03, 314.12°)
OKLaboklab(65.9% 0.1179 -0.1472)
OKLCHoklch(65.9% 0.189 308.7)
XYZxyz(38.4107, 25.9259, 79.3090)
Luminance0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##B36BE81.003.406.186.18
#FFFFFF3.401.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1821.001.001.00
##0000006.1821.001.001.00

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

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#B36BE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva