#B36CB5#B36CB5

#B36CB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.132 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CB5
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 181)
HSL	hsl(298, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(298, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 40.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 39.70, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 48.02, 325.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.1095 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.132 326)
XYZ	xyz(32.2928, 23.6464, 46.5703)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CB5 #6EB56C

analogous

#8F6CB5 #B36CB5 #B56C93

triadic

#B36CB5 #B5B36C #6CB5B3

tetradic

#B36CB5 #B58F6C #6EB56C #6C93B5

square

#B36CB5 #B58F6C #6EB56C #6C93B5

split-complementary

#B36CB5 #93B56C #6CB58F

monochromatic

#6D386F #954C98 #B36CB5 #C895C9 #DDBDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B36CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#B36CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CB5

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CB5	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6680B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.132 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98cb',
    500: '#b36cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cb5;
$custom-light: #cb98cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.356,
    "s": 33.032,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63447,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.23645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CB5

secondary

#B0CDAF

accent

#C95F62

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CB5

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

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