#B36EE5#B36EE5

#B36EE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.181 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36EE5
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 52%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 48.60, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 69.76, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.1138 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.181 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3065, 26.3933, 77.1900)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36EE5 #A0E56E

analogous

#786EE5 #B36EE5 #E56EDC

triadic

#B36EE5 #E5B36E #6EE5B3

tetradic

#B36EE5 #E5786E #A0E56E #6EDCE5

square

#B36EE5 #E5786E #A0E56E #6EDCE5

split-complementary

#B36EE5 #DCE56E #6EE578

monochromatic

#7821B8 #983ADC #B36EE5 #CEA2EE #E9D6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B36EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#B36EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36EE5

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36EE5	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)

#4C89E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.181 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9aee',
    500: '#b36ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36ee5;
$custom-light: #cc9aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.79,
    "s": 69.591,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66177,
    "c": 0.18059,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36EE5

secondary

#D4EBC4

accent

#D21464

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36EE5

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

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