#B36BE9#B36BE9

#B36BE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.190 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BE9
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 233)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 54.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, 51.07, -52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 73.52, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.118 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.19 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5532, 25.9828, 80.0592)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BE9 #A1E96B

analogous

#746BE9 #B36BE9 #E96BE0

triadic

#B36BE9 #E9B36B #6BE9B3

tetradic

#B36BE9 #E9746B #A1E96B #6BE0E9

square

#B36BE9 #E9746B #A1E96B #6BE0E9

split-complementary

#B36BE9 #E0E96B #6BE974

monochromatic

#781CBD #9836E1 #B36BE9 #CEA0F1 #EAD6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B36BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#B36BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BE9

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BE9	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4388ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB82A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.190 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98f0',
    500: '#b36be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36be9;
$custom-light: #cd98f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6596,
    "c": 0.18969,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BE9

secondary

#D5ECC4

accent

#D60F65

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BE9

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

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