#B36CD7#B36CD7

#B36CD7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.168 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CD7
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 215)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 46.60, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 64.06, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.1152 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.168 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2166, 25.2160, 67.2361)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CD7 #90D76C

analogous

#7D6CD7 #B36CD7 #D76CC5

triadic

#B36CD7 #D7B36C #6CD7B3

tetradic

#B36CD7 #D77D6C #90D76C #6CC5D7

square

#B36CD7 #D77D6C #90D76C #6CC5D7

split-complementary

#B36CD7 #C5D76C #6CD77D

monochromatic

#772B9E #9A3CCA #B36CD7 #CC9CE4 #E5CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B36CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#B36CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CD7

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CD7	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5386DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.168 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e4',
    500: '#b36cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cd7;
$custom-light: #cc98e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.813,
    "s": 57.219,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65113,
    "c": 0.16813,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CD7

secondary

#C9E2BC

accent

#C52158

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E15

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CD7

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

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