#B36ECE#B36ECE

#B36ECE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.155 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36ECE
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 46.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 43.63, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 58.46, 318.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.1112 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.155 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3052, 25.1928, 61.3835)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36ECE #89CE6E

analogous

#836ECE #B36ECE #CE6EB9

triadic

#B36ECE #CEB36E #6ECEB3

tetradic

#B36ECE #CE836E #89CE6E #6EB9CE

square

#B36ECE #CE836E #89CE6E #6EB9CE

split-complementary

#B36ECE #B9CE6E #6ECE83

monochromatic

#763191 #9B40BE #B36ECE #CB9CDD #E3C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B36ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#B36ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36ECE

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36ECE	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C85D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.155 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb99dd',
    500: '#b36ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36ece;
$custom-light: #cb99dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.125,
    "s": 49.485,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64954,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36ECE

secondary

#C4DEBA

accent

#BD2952

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36ECE

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

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