#B36FD5#B36FD5

#B36FD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.161 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36FD5
RGB	rgb(179, 111, 213)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 48%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 47.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 44.58, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 61.25, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.1108 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.161 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2831, 25.7575, 65.9983)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B36FD5 #91D56F

analogous

#806FD5 #B36FD5 #D56FC4

triadic

#B36FD5 #D5B36F #6FD5B3

tetradic

#B36FD5 #D5806F #91D56F #6FC4D5

square

#B36FD5 #D5806F #91D56F #6FC4D5

split-complementary

#B36FD5 #C4D56F #6FD580

monochromatic

#772E9C #9A40C7 #B36FD5 #CC9EE3 #E5CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B36FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B36FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36FD5

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36FD5	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5987D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 111, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.161 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9ae2',
    500: '#b36fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36fd5;
$custom-light: #cc9ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65468,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36FD5

secondary

#CAE2BE

accent

#C22358

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36FD5

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

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