#B436DD#B436DD

#B436DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.247 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B436DD
RGB	rgb(180, 54, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 75.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 72.09, -60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 94.20, 319.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.178 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.247 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1907, 17.5634, 70.0343)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B436DD #5FDD36

analogous

#6136DD #B436DD #DD36B3

triadic

#B436DD #DDB436 #36DDB4

tetradic

#B436DD #DD6136 #5FDD36 #36B3DD

square

#B436DD #DD6136 #5FDD36 #36B3DD

split-complementary

#B436DD #B3DD36 #36DD61

monochromatic

#681683 #921FB7 #B436DD #C86AE6 #DB9FEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#B436DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#B436DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B436DD

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B436DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B436DD	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3478D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b436dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 54, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.247 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ae8',
    500: '#b436dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b436dd;
$custom-light: #cf7ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b436dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.269,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59217,
    "c": 0.24677,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B436DD

secondary

#A5DB94

accent

#EE3A66

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B436DD

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

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