#B36CD3#B36CD3

#B36CD3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.164 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CD3
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 45.75, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 62.11, 317.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.1147 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.164 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7090, 25.0129, 64.5623)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CD3 #8CD36C

analogous

#7F6CD3 #B36CD3 #D36CC0

triadic

#B36CD3 #D3B36C #6CD3B3

tetradic

#B36CD3 #D37F6C #8CD36C #6CC0D3

square

#B36CD3 #D37F6C #8CD36C #6CC0D3

split-complementary

#B36CD3 #C0D36C #6CD37F

monochromatic

#762D97 #9B3DC5 #B36CD3 #CB9BE1 #E4CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B36CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#B36CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CD3

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CD3	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5685D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.164 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e1',
    500: '#b36cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cd3;
$custom-light: #cc98e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.359,
    "s": 53.927,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64902,
    "c": 0.16372,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CD3

secondary

#C6E0BB

accent

#C12455

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CD3

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

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