#B36CDD#B36CDD

#B36CDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.175 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CDD
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 51.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 47.90, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 67.01, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.1158 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.175 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0018, 25.5300, 71.3712)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CDD #96DD6C

analogous

#7B6CDD #B36CDD #DD6CCF

triadic

#B36CDD #DDB36C #6CDDB3

tetradic

#B36CDD #DD7B6C #96DD6C #6CCFDD

square

#B36CDD #DD7B6C #96DD6C #6CCFDD

split-complementary

#B36CDD #CFDD6C #6CDD7B

monochromatic

#7827A8 #993AD2 #B36CDD #CD9EE8 #E6CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B36CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#B36CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CDD

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CDD	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F87E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.175 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98e8',
    500: '#b36cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cdd;
$custom-light: #cc98e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.699,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65436,
    "c": 0.17478,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CDD

secondary

#CDE6BF

accent

#CA1B5C

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CDD

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

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