#B36CD1#B36CD1

#B36CD1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.162 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CD1
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 209)
HSL	hsl(282, 52%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 48.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 45.33, -41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 61.14, 317.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.1144 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.162 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4598, 24.9133, 63.2500)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CD1 #8AD16C

analogous

#806CD1 #B36CD1 #D16CBD

triadic

#B36CD1 #D1B36C #6CD1B3

tetradic

#B36CD1 #D1806C #8AD16C #6CBDD1

square

#B36CD1 #D1806C #8AD16C #6CBDD1

split-complementary

#B36CD1 #BDD16C #6CD180

monochromatic

#762E94 #9B3DC2 #B36CD1 #CB9BE0 #E3C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B36CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#B36CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CD1

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CD1	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5785D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.162 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98df',
    500: '#b36cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cd1;
$custom-light: #cc98df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.178,
    "s": 52.332,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64798,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CD1

secondary

#C5DFBA

accent

#C02653

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CD1

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

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