#B36CF6#B36CF6

#B36CF6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.203 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CF6
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 246)
HSL	hsl(271, 88%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 56.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 53.49, -58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 79.38, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.1172 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.203 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5839, 26.9629, 90.2372)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CF6 #AFF66C

analogous

#6E6CF6 #B36CF6 #F66CF4

triadic

#B36CF6 #F6B36C #6CF6B3

tetradic

#B36CF6 #F66E6C #AFF66C #6CF4F6

square

#B36CF6 #F66E6C #AFF66C #6CF4F6

split-complementary

#B36CF6 #F4F66C #6CF66E

monochromatic

#770DDA #9532F2 #B36CF6 #D1A6FA #EFDFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B36CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#B36CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CF6

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CF6	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#378CFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#528EF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A886A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.203 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd99fa',
    500: '#b36cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cf6;
$custom-light: #cd99fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.87,
    "s": 88.462,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66869,
    "c": 0.20272,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CF6

secondary

#DEF3CB

accent

#E5006F

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF2FF

border

#D3CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CF6

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

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