#B36DDD#B36DDD

#B36DDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.173 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36DDD
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 50.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 47.37, -46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 66.40, 315.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.1144 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.173 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1078, 25.7422, 71.4065)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36DDD #97DD6D

analogous

#7B6DDD #B36DDD #DD6DCF

triadic

#B36DDD #DDB36D #6DDDB3

tetradic

#B36DDD #DD7B6D #97DD6D #6DCFDD

square

#B36DDD #DD7B6D #97DD6D #6DCFDD

split-complementary

#B36DDD #CFDD6D #6DDD7B

monochromatic

#7827A8 #993BD1 #B36DDD #CD9FE9 #E7D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B36DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B36DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36DDD

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36DDD	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5187E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.173 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc99e8',
    500: '#b36ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36ddd;
$custom-light: #cc99e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65586,
    "c": 0.1732,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36DDD

secondary

#CEE6C0

accent

#CA1C5D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36DDD

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

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