#B36CF8#B36CF8

#B36CF8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.205 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36CF8
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 248)
HSL	hsl(270, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 56.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 53.95, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 80.38, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.1172 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.205 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8926, 27.0864, 91.8626)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36CF8 #B1F86C

analogous

#6D6CF8 #B36CF8 #F86CF7

triadic

#B36CF8 #F8B36C #6CF8B3

tetradic

#B36CF8 #F86D6C #B1F86C #6CF7F8

square

#B36CF8 #F86D6C #B1F86C #6CF7F8

split-complementary

#B36CF8 #F7F86C #6CF86D

monochromatic

#760BDF #9532F5 #B36CF8 #D1A6FB #EFE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B36CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B36CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36CF8

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36CF8	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#348CFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#508EF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A787A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.205 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd99fb',
    500: '#b36cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36cf8;
$custom-light: #cd99fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.429,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66989,
    "c": 0.20495,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36CF8

secondary

#E0F4CC

accent

#E60071

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF2FF

border

#D3CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36CF8

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

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