#B36BEE#B36BEE

#B36BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.195 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36BEE
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(273, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 55%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, 52.19, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 76.00, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.1182 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.195 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2776, 26.2726, 83.8743)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36BEE #A6EE6B

analogous

#716BEE #B36BEE #EE6BE8

triadic

#B36BEE #EEB36B #6BEEB3

tetradic

#B36BEE #EE716B #A6EE6B #6BE8EE

square

#B36BEE #EE716B #A6EE6B #6BE8EE

split-complementary

#B36BEE #E8EE6B #6BEE71

monochromatic

#7817C8 #9734E8 #B36BEE #CFA2F4 #EBD9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B36BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B36BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36BEE

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36BEE	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA83A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.195 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98f4',
    500: '#b36bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36bee;
$custom-light: #cd98f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.977,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6625,
    "c": 0.19526,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36BEE

secondary

#D8EFC6

accent

#DC0A68

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36BEE

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

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