#B36FE4#B36FE4

#B36FE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.178 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36FE4
RGB	rgb(179, 111, 228)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 51.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 47.85, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 68.66, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.1124 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.178 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2757, 26.5546, 76.4929)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36FE4 #A0E46F

analogous

#796FE4 #B36FE4 #E46FDB

triadic

#B36FE4 #E4B36F #6FE4B3

tetradic

#B36FE4 #E4796F #A0E46F #6FDBE4

square

#B36FE4 #E4796F #A0E46F #6FDBE4

split-complementary

#B36FE4 #DBE46F #6FE479

monochromatic

#7822B6 #983BDA #B36FE4 #CEA3EE #E9D6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B36FE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#B36FE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36FE4

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36FE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36FE4	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36fe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 111, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.178 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9aed',
    500: '#b36fe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36fe4;
$custom-light: #cc9aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36fe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.872,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66272,
    "c": 0.17791,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36FE4

secondary

#D4EAC4

accent

#D01564

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36FE4

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

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