#B36FE1#B36FE1

#B36FE1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.175 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36FE1
RGB	rgb(179, 111, 225)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 51%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 50.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, 47.19, -47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 67.17, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.1121 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.175 310)
XYZ	xyz(37.8629, 26.3895, 74.3186)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36FE1 #9DE16F

analogous

#7A6FE1 #B36FE1 #E16FD6

triadic

#B36FE1 #E1B36F #6FE1B3

tetradic

#B36FE1 #E17A6F #9DE16F #6FD6E1

square

#B36FE1 #E17A6F #9DE16F #6FD6E1

split-complementary

#B36FE1 #D6E16F #6FE17A

monochromatic

#7825B1 #983CD6 #B36FE1 #CEA2EC #E8D4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B36FE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#B36FE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36FE1

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36FE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36FE1	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5189E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD829E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36fe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 111, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.175 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9aeb',
    500: '#b36fe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36fe1;
$custom-light: #cc9aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36fe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.789,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66107,
    "c": 0.17452,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.26389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36FE1

secondary

#D2E9C3

accent

#CD1861

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36FE1

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

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