#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
RGBrgb(179, 111, 213)
HSLhsl(280, 55%, 64%)
HSVhsv(280, 48%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 47.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(57.81, 44.58, -42.01)
CIE-LCHlch(57.81, 61.25, 316.70°)
OKLaboklab(65.47% 0.1108 -0.1169)
OKLCHoklch(65.47% 0.161 313.5)
XYZxyz(36.2831, 25.7575, 65.9983)
Luminance0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##B36FD51.003.416.156.15
#FFFFFF3.411.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1521.001.001.00
##0000006.1521.001.001.00

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

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#B36FD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva