#B36FDD#B36FDD

#B36FDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.170 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36FDD
RGB	rgb(179, 111, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 49.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, 46.31, -45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 65.19, 315.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.1117 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.17 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3236, 26.1738, 71.4785)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36FDD #99DD6F

analogous

#7C6FDD #B36FDD #DD6FD0

triadic

#B36FDD #DDB36F #6FDDB3

tetradic

#B36FDD #DD7C6F #99DD6F #6FD0DD

square

#B36FDD #DD7C6F #99DD6F #6FD0DD

split-complementary

#B36FDD #D0DD6F #6FDD7C

monochromatic

#7828AA #993DD1 #B36FDD #CDA1E9 #E7D2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B36FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#B36FDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36FDD

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36FDD	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5489E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE819C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 111, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.170 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9ae8',
    500: '#b36fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36fdd;
$custom-light: #cc9ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6589,
    "c": 0.17,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36FDD

secondary

#CFE7C1

accent

#CA1C5E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36FDD

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

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