#B436D9#B436D9

#B436D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.243 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B436D9
RGB	rgb(180, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 71.34, -58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 92.43, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1785 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.243 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6641, 17.3528, 67.2610)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B436D9 #5BD936

analogous

#6236D9 #B436D9 #D936AD

triadic

#B436D9 #D9B436 #36D9B4

tetradic

#B436D9 #D96236 #5BD936 #36ADD9

square

#B436D9 #D96236 #5BD936 #36ADD9

split-complementary

#B436D9 #ADD936 #36D962

monochromatic

#66187D #9021B0 #B436D9 #C769E3 #DA9DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B436D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B436D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B436D9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B436D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B436D9	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3977D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b436d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.243 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ae6',
    500: '#b436d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b436d9;
$custom-light: #cf7ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b436d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.38,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5895,
    "c": 0.24341,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B436D9

secondary

#A2D992

accent

#EB3D64

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B436D9

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

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