#B36CBB#B36CBB

#B36CBB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.138 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CBB
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 187)
HSL	hsl(294, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 42.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 40.86, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 50.73, 323.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.1107 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.138 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9217, 23.8980, 49.8827)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CBB #74BB6C

analogous

#8B6CBB #B36CBB #BB6C9B

triadic

#B36CBB #BBB36C #6CBBB3

tetradic

#B36CBB #BB8B6C #74BB6C #6C9BBB

square

#B36CBB #BB8B6C #74BB6C #6C9BBB

split-complementary

#B36CBB #9BBB6C #6CBB8B

monochromatic

#703776 #974AA0 #B36CBB #C996CE #DEC0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B36CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B36CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CBB

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CBB	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6381BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6758B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.138 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98cf',
    500: '#b36cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cbb;
$custom-light: #cb98cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.924,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6372,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CBB

secondary

#B5D1B2

accent

#CD5B67

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CBB

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

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