#B36DE3#B36DE3

#B36DE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.180 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36DE3
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 227)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 52%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 48.69, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 69.37, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.115 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.18 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9215, 26.0677, 75.6920)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36DE3 #9DE36D

analogous

#786DE3 #B36DE3 #E36DD8

triadic

#B36DE3 #E3B36D #6DE3B3

tetradic

#B36DE3 #E3786D #9DE36D #6DD8E3

square

#B36DE3 #E3786D #9DE36D #6DD8E3

split-complementary

#B36DE3 #D8E36D #6DE378

monochromatic

#7822B3 #983AD9 #B36DE3 #CEA0ED #E8D4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B36DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B36DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36DE3

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36DE3	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C88E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD819E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.180 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc99ec',
    500: '#b36de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36de3;
$custom-light: #cc99ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.593,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65916,
    "c": 0.17991,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36DE3

secondary

#D2E9C2

accent

#D01661

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36DE3

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

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