#B36FAC#B36FAC

#B36FAC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.118 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36FAC
RGB	rgb(179, 111, 172)
HSL	hsl(306, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(306, 38%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 3.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 36.39, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 42.21, 329.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.1027 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.118 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7208, 23.9326, 41.9703)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36FAC #6FB376

analogous

#986FB3 #B36FAC #B36F8A

triadic

#B36FAC #ACB36F #6FACB3

tetradic

#B36FAC #B3986F #6FB376 #6F8AB3

square

#B36FAC #B3986F #6FB376 #6F8AB3

split-complementary

#B36FAC #8AB36F #6FB398

monochromatic

#6E3A68 #964F8E #B36FAC #C897C3 #DDBFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B36FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#B36FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36FAC

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36FAC	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D80AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 111, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.118 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9ac5',
    500: '#b36fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36fac;
$custom-light: #cb9ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.176,
    "s": 30.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63545,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36FAC

secondary

#B1CDB4

accent

#C76B61

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#130E12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36FAC

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

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