#B36DE9#B36DE9

#B36DE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.187 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36DE9
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 233)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 53.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, 50.02, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 72.34, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.1154 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.187 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7641, 26.4047, 80.1295)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36DE9 #A3E96D

analogous

#756DE9 #B36DE9 #E96DE1

triadic

#B36DE9 #E9B36D #6DE9B3

tetradic

#B36DE9 #E9756D #A3E96D #6DE1E9

square

#B36DE9 #E9756D #A3E96D #6DE1E9

split-complementary

#B36DE9 #E1E96D #6DE975

monochromatic

#781DBF #9738E1 #B36DE9 #CFA2F1 #EAD7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B36DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#B36DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36DE9

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36DE9	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#478AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB83A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.187 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc99f0',
    500: '#b36de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36de9;
$custom-light: #cc99f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.871,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66254,
    "c": 0.18664,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36DE9

secondary

#D6EDC5

accent

#D61066

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36DE9

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

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