#B36CE9#B36CE9

#B36CE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.188 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CE9
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 233)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 53.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, 50.55, -52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 72.93, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.1167 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.188 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6580, 26.1926, 80.0941)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CE9 #A2E96C

analogous

#756CE9 #B36CE9 #E96CE0

triadic

#B36CE9 #E9B36C #6CE9B3

tetradic

#B36CE9 #E9756C #A2E96C #6CE0E9

square

#B36CE9 #E9756C #A2E96C #6CE0E9

split-complementary

#B36CE9 #E0E96C #6CE975

monochromatic

#781CBE #9737E1 #B36CE9 #CFA1F1 #EAD6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B36CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#B36CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CE9

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CE9	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4589ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB82A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.188 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd98f0',
    500: '#b36ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36ce9;
$custom-light: #cd98f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.08,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66106,
    "c": 0.18817,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CE9

secondary

#D6ECC4

accent

#D60F65

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CE9

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

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