#B36CD8#B36CD8

#B36CD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.169 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CD8
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 46.82, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 64.55, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.1153 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.169 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3455, 25.2676, 67.9149)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CD8 #91D86C

analogous

#7D6CD8 #B36CD8 #D86CC7

triadic

#B36CD8 #D8B36C #6CD8B3

tetradic

#B36CD8 #D87D6C #91D86C #6CC7D8

square

#B36CD8 #D87D6C #91D86C #6CC7D8

split-complementary

#B36CD8 #C7D86C #6CD87D

monochromatic

#772A9F #9A3CCB #B36CD8 #CC9CE5 #E5CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B36CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#B36CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CD8

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CD8	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5386DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.169 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e4',
    500: '#b36cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cd8;
$custom-light: #cc98e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.444,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65166,
    "c": 0.16924,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CD8

secondary

#CAE3BD

accent

#C62059

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E15

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CD8

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

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