#B36CBF#B36CBF

#B36CBF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.142 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CBF
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 43.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 41.65, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 52.58, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1115 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.142 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3559, 24.0717, 52.1694)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CBF #78BF6C

analogous

#896CBF #B36CBF #BF6CA1

triadic

#B36CBF #BFB36C #6CBFB3

tetradic

#B36CBF #BF896C #78BF6C #6CA1BF

square

#B36CBF #BF896C #78BF6C #6CA1BF

split-complementary

#B36CBF #A1BF6C #6CBF89

monochromatic

#71367B #9848A6 #B36CBF #C997D2 #DFC1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#B36CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#B36CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CBF

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CBF	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6181C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5768C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.142 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98d2',
    500: '#b36cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cbf;
$custom-light: #cb98d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.325,
    "s": 39.336,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63907,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CBF

secondary

#B8D4B3

accent

#CF596A

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CBF

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

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