#B36CD2#B36CD2

#B36CD2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.163 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CD2
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 210)
HSL	hsl(282, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 48.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 45.54, -41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 61.63, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.1146 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.163 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5840, 24.9629, 63.9041)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CD2 #8BD26C

analogous

#806CD2 #B36CD2 #D26CBE

triadic

#B36CD2 #D2B36C #6CD2B3

tetradic

#B36CD2 #D2806C #8BD26C #6CBED2

square

#B36CD2 #D2806C #8BD26C #6CBED2

split-complementary

#B36CD2 #BED26C #6CD280

monochromatic

#762E96 #9B3DC4 #B36CD2 #CB9BE0 #E3CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B36CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#B36CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CD2

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CD2	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5785D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.163 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e0',
    500: '#b36cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cd2;
$custom-light: #cc98e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.765,
    "s": 53.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6485,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CD2

secondary

#C6E0BA

accent

#C12554

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CD2

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

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