#B36CDA#B36CDA

#B36CDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.171 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CDA
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 218)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 50.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 47.25, -45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 65.53, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.1155 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.171 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6057, 25.3716, 69.2849)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CDA #93DA6C

analogous

#7C6CDA #B36CDA #DA6CCA

triadic

#B36CDA #DAB36C #6CDAB3

tetradic

#B36CDA #DA7C6C #93DA6C #6CCADA

square

#B36CDA #DA7C6C #93DA6C #6CCADA

split-complementary

#B36CDA #CADA6C #6CDA7C

monochromatic

#7829A3 #9A3BCE #B36CDA #CC9DE6 #E6CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#B36CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#B36CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CDA

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CDA	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5186DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.171 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e6',
    500: '#b36cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cda;
$custom-light: #cc98e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.727,
    "s": 59.783,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65273,
    "c": 0.17145,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CDA

secondary

#CBE4BE

accent

#C71E5A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CDA

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

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