#B36FF8#B36FF8

#B36FF8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.201 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36FF8
RGB	rgb(179, 111, 248)
HSL	hsl(270, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 55%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 55.2%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 52.40, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 78.64, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.1136 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.201 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2144, 27.7301, 91.9699)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36FF8 #B4F86F

analogous

#6F6FF8 #B36FF8 #F76FF8

triadic

#B36FF8 #F8B36F #6FF8B3

tetradic

#B36FF8 #F86F6F #B4F86F #6FF8F7

square

#B36FF8 #F86F6F #B4F86F #6FF8F7

split-complementary

#B36FF8 #F8F76F #6FF86F

monochromatic

#760BE2 #9435F5 #B36FF8 #D2A9FB #F0E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B36FF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B36FF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36FF8

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36FF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36FF8	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B8EFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5490F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A789A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36ff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 111, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.201 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9bfb',
    500: '#b36ff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36ff8;
$custom-light: #cd9bfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36ff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.781,
    "s": 90.728,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67422,
    "c": 0.20058,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36FF8

secondary

#E2F4CF

accent

#E60074

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF2FF

border

#D3CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36FF8

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

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