#B36DB2#B36DB2

#B36DB2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.127 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36DB2
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 178)
HSL	hsl(301, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(301, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 0.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 38.59, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 46.06, 326.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.1073 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.127 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0943, 23.7368, 45.0020)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36DB2 #6DB36E

analogous

#916DB3 #B36DB2 #B36D8F

triadic

#B36DB2 #B2B36D #6DB2B3

tetradic

#B36DB2 #B3916D #6DB36E #6D8FB3

square

#B36DB2 #B3916D #6DB36E #6D8FB3

split-complementary

#B36DB2 #8FB36D #6DB391

monochromatic

#6D396C #954E94 #B36DB2 #C895C7 #DDBDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B36DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#B36DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36DB2

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36DB2	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6880B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.127 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98c9',
    500: '#b36db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36db2;
$custom-light: #cb98c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.857,
    "s": 31.532,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63475,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36DB2

secondary

#B0CCB0

accent

#C86260

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36DB2

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

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