#B36DAA#B36DAA

#B36DAA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.120 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36DAA
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 170)
HSL	hsl(308, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 37.11, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 42.65, 330.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.1053 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.12 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3144, 23.4248, 40.8944)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36DAA #6DB376

analogous

#996DB3 #B36DAA #B36D87

triadic

#B36DAA #AAB36D #6DAAB3

tetradic

#B36DAA #B3996D #6DB376 #6D87B3

square

#B36DAA #B3996D #6DB376 #6D87B3

split-complementary

#B36DAA #87B36D #6DB399

monochromatic

#6D3966 #954E8C #B36DAA #C895C1 #DDBDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B36DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B36DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36DAA

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36DAA	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.120 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98c3',
    500: '#b36daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36daa;
$custom-light: #cb98c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.714,
    "s": 31.532,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63133,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36DAA

secondary

#B0CCB3

accent

#C86D60

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#130E12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36DAA

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

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