#B36CD4#B36CD4

#B36CD4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.165 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CD4
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 212)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 49.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, 45.96, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 62.60, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.1148 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.165 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8347, 25.0632, 65.2246)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CD4 #8DD46C

analogous

#7F6CD4 #B36CD4 #D46CC1

triadic

#B36CD4 #D4B36C #6CD4B3

tetradic

#B36CD4 #D47F6C #8DD46C #6CC1D4

square

#B36CD4 #D47F6C #8DD46C #6CC1D4

split-complementary

#B36CD4 #C1D46C #6CD47F

monochromatic

#772D99 #9B3DC6 #B36CD4 #CB9BE2 #E4CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B36CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#B36CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CD4

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CD4	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5585D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.165 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e1',
    500: '#b36cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cd4;
$custom-light: #cc98e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.962,
    "s": 54.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64954,
    "c": 0.16483,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CD4

secondary

#C7E1BB

accent

#C22356

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CD4

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

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