#B36DDB#B36DDB

#B36DDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.171 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36DDB
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 46.94, -45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 65.42, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.1142 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.171 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8430, 25.6362, 70.0115)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36DDB #95DB6D

analogous

#7C6DDB #B36DDB #DB6DCC

triadic

#B36DDB #DBB36D #6DDBB3

tetradic

#B36DDB #DB7C6D #95DB6D #6DCCDB

square

#B36DDB #DB7C6D #95DB6D #6DCCDB

split-complementary

#B36DDB #CCDB6D #6DDB7C

monochromatic

#7829A5 #993CCF #B36DDB #CD9EE7 #E6CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B36DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#B36DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36DDB

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36DDB	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5287DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.171 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc99e6',
    500: '#b36ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36ddb;
$custom-light: #cc99e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65478,
    "c": 0.17096,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36DDB

secondary

#CDE5BF

accent

#C81D5B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36DDB

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

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