#B038AF#B038AF

#B038AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.205 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038AF
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 175)
HSL	hsl(301, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(301, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 0.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 62.33, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 73.53, 327.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1742 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.205 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0562, 15.1555, 42.0494)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038AF #38B039

analogous

#7538B0 #B038AF #B03873

triadic

#B038AF #AFB038 #38AFB0

tetradic

#B038AF #B07538 #38B039 #3873B0

square

#B038AF #B07538 #38B039 #3873B0

split-complementary

#B038AF #73B038 #38B075

monochromatic

#531A53 #822981 #B038AF #CB5BCA #D989D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B038AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B038AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038AF

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038AF	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2762B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5772AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6496F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.205 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb79c7',
    500: '#b038af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038af;
$custom-light: #cb79c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55994,
    "c": 0.20493,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038AF

secondary

#80C481

accent

#DB4E4D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038AF

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

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