#B36DCD#B36DCD

#B36DCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.155 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36DCD
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, 43.96, -38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 58.59, 318.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% 0.1125 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.156 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0769, 24.9298, 60.7099)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36DCD #87CD6D

analogous

#836DCD #B36DCD #CD6DB7

triadic

#B36DCD #CDB36D #6DCDB3

tetradic

#B36DCD #CD836D #87CD6D #6DB7CD

square

#B36DCD #CD836D #87CD6D #6DB7CD

split-complementary

#B36DCD #B7CD6D #6DCD83

monochromatic

#75318F #9B40BC #B36DCD #CB9BDD #E2C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B36DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#B36DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36DCD

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36DCD	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B84D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.155 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb99dc',
    500: '#b36dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36dcd;
$custom-light: #cb99dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64748,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36DCD

secondary

#C3DDB9

accent

#BC2951

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36DCD

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

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