#B36DBE#B36DBE

#B36DBE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.139 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36DBE
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(292, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 42.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 40.91, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 51.48, 322.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.1099 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.139 322)
XYZ	xyz(33.3523, 24.2400, 51.6271)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36DBE #78BE6D

analogous

#8A6DBE #B36DBE #BE6DA0

triadic

#B36DBE #BEB36D #6DBEB3

tetradic

#B36DBE #BE8A6D #78BE6D #6DA0BE

square

#B36DBE #BE8A6D #78BE6D #6DA0BE

split-complementary

#B36DBE #A0BE6D #6DBE8A

monochromatic

#71367A #9849A5 #B36DBE #C997D1 #DFC2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B36DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B36DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36DBE

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36DBE	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6382C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5778D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.139 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98d2',
    500: '#b36dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36dbe;
$custom-light: #cb98d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.852,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64018,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.24239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36DBE

secondary

#B8D3B3

accent

#CE5969

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36DBE

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

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