#B36CD9#B36CD9

#B36CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.170 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CD9
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, 47.03, -44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 65.04, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.1154 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.17 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4752, 25.3194, 68.5979)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CD9 #92D96C

analogous

#7C6CD9 #B36CD9 #D96CC8

triadic

#B36CD9 #D9B36C #6CD9B3

tetradic

#B36CD9 #D97C6C #92D96C #6CC8D9

square

#B36CD9 #D97C6C #92D96C #6CC8D9

split-complementary

#B36CD9 #C8D96C #6CD97C

monochromatic

#772AA1 #9A3BCC #B36CD9 #CC9DE6 #E5CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#B36CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#B36CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CD9

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CD9	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5286DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.170 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e5',
    500: '#b36cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cd9;
$custom-light: #cc98e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.083,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6522,
    "c": 0.17035,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CD9

secondary

#CBE4BD

accent

#C71F59

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CD9

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

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