#C36CD8#C36CD8

#C36CD8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.176 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36CD8
RGB	rgb(195, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(288, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 51.20, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 65.79, 321.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.1344 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.177 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2613, 27.2866, 68.0985)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36CD8 #81D86C

analogous

#8D6CD8 #C36CD8 #D86CB7

triadic

#C36CD8 #D8C36C #6CD8C3

tetradic

#C36CD8 #D88D6C #81D86C #6CB7D8

square

#C36CD8 #D88D6C #81D86C #6CB7D8

split-complementary

#C36CD8 #B7D86C #6CD88D

monochromatic

#892A9F #AF3CCB #C36CD8 #D79CE5 #EACDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#C36CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#C36CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36CD8

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36CD8	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5989DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7392D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.176 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d799e4',
    500: '#c36cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36cd8;
$custom-light: #d799e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6699,
    "c": 0.1765,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36CD8

secondary

#C4E3BD

accent

#C62040

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FC

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36CD8

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

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