#B038AD#B038AD

#B038AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.203 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038AD
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 173)
HSL	hsl(302, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(302, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 1.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 62.00, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 72.72, 328.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1742 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.203 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8612, 15.0775, 41.0225)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038AD #38B03B

analogous

#7738B0 #B038AD #B03871

triadic

#B038AD #ADB038 #38ADB0

tetradic

#B038AD #B07738 #38B03B #3871B0

square

#B038AD #B07738 #38B03B #3871B0

split-complementary

#B038AD #71B038 #38B077

monochromatic

#531A52 #82297F #B038AD #CB5BC8 #D989D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B038AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B038AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038AD

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038AD	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2962B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5872AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6486E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.203 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb79c6',
    500: '#b038ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038ad;
$custom-light: #cb79c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55883,
    "c": 0.20333,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038AD

secondary

#80C482

accent

#DB504D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038AD

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

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