#B36CE6#B36CE6

#B36CE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.185 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CE6
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 230)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 53%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 49.88, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 71.45, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.1165 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.185 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2331, 26.0226, 77.8563)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CE6 #9FE66C

analogous

#766CE6 #B36CE6 #E66CDC

triadic

#B36CE6 #E6B36C #6CE6B3

tetradic

#B36CE6 #E6766C #9FE66C #6CDCE6

square

#B36CE6 #E6766C #9FE66C #6CDCE6

split-complementary

#B36CE6 #DCE66C #6CE676

monochromatic

#781FB8 #9838DD #B36CE6 #CEA0EF #E9D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B36CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#B36CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CE6

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CE6	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4888EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC819F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.185 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98ee',
    500: '#b36ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36ce6;
$custom-light: #cc98ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.918,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65936,
    "c": 0.18482,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CE6

secondary

#D4EBC3

accent

#D31363

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CE6

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

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