#B36FD6#B36FD6

#B36FD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.162 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36FD6
RGB	rgb(179, 111, 214)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 48%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 48.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 44.79, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 61.74, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.1109 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.162 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4104, 25.8085, 66.6688)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36FD6 #92D66F

analogous

#7F6FD6 #B36FD6 #D66FC5

triadic

#B36FD6 #D6B36F #6FD6B3

tetradic

#B36FD6 #D67F6F #92D66F #6FC5D6

square

#B36FD6 #D67F6F #92D66F #6FC5D6

split-complementary

#B36FD6 #C5D66F #6FD67F

monochromatic

#772D9E #9A3FC8 #B36FD6 #CC9FE4 #E5CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B36FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#B36FD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36FD6

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36FD6	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5887DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 111, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.162 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9ae3',
    500: '#b36fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36fd6;
$custom-light: #cc9ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.612,
    "s": 55.676,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6552,
    "c": 0.16215,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36FD6

secondary

#CBE3BE

accent

#C32259

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36FD6

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

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