#B36DAE#B36DAE

#B36DAE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.123 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36DAE
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 174)
HSL	hsl(304, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(304, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 2.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 37.85, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 44.33, 328.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.1063 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.123 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6986, 23.5785, 42.9176)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36DAE #6DB372

analogous

#956DB3 #B36DAE #B36D8B

triadic

#B36DAE #AEB36D #6DAEB3

tetradic

#B36DAE #B3956D #6DB372 #6D8BB3

square

#B36DAE #B3956D #6DB372 #6D8BB3

split-complementary

#B36DAE #8BB36D #6DB395

monochromatic

#6D3969 #954E90 #B36DAE #C895C4 #DDBDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B36DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B36DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36DAE

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36DAE	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.123 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98c6',
    500: '#b36dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36dae;
$custom-light: #cb98c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 31.532,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63302,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36DAE

secondary

#B0CCB2

accent

#C86760

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36DAE

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

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