#B36DCE#B36DCE

#B36DCE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.157 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36DCE
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 47.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 44.17, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 59.08, 318.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.1126 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.157 316)
XYZ	xyz(35.1979, 24.9782, 61.3477)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36DCE #88CE6D

analogous

#836DCE #B36DCE #CE6DB9

triadic

#B36DCE #CEB36D #6DCEB3

tetradic

#B36DCE #CE836D #88CE6D #6DB9CE

square

#B36DCE #CE836D #88CE6D #6DB9CE

split-complementary

#B36DCE #B9CE6D #6DCE83

monochromatic

#763090 #9B40BE #B36DCE #CB9BDD #E3C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B36DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#B36DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36DCE

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36DCE	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A85D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.157 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb99dd',
    500: '#b36dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36dce;
$custom-light: #cb99dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.299,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64799,
    "c": 0.15659,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.24977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36DCE

secondary

#C3DDB9

accent

#BD2852

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36DCE

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

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