#B038AE#B038AE

#B038AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.204 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038AE
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(301, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(301, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 1.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 62.16, -38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 73.13, 328.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1742 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.204 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9584, 15.1164, 41.5340)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038AE #38B03A

analogous

#7638B0 #B038AE #B03872

triadic

#B038AE #AEB038 #38AEB0

tetradic

#B038AE #B07638 #38B03A #3872B0

square

#B038AE #B07638 #38B03A #3872B0

split-complementary

#B038AE #72B038 #38B076

monochromatic

#531A52 #822980 #B038AE #CB5BC9 #D989D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B038AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B038AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038AE

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038AE	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2862B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5872AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6486F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.204 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb79c6',
    500: '#b038ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038ae;
$custom-light: #cb79c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55938,
    "c": 0.20413,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038AE

secondary

#80C481

accent

#DB4F4D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038AE

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

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