#B038B4#B038B4

#B038B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.209 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038B4
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(298, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 63.18, -41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 75.60, 326.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1743 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.209 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5564, 15.3556, 44.6837)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038B4 #3CB438

analogous

#7238B4 #B038B4 #B4387A

triadic

#B038B4 #B4B038 #38B4B0

tetradic

#B038B4 #B47238 #3CB438 #387AB4

square

#B038B4 #B47238 #3CB438 #387AB4

split-complementary

#B038B4 #7AB438 #38B472

monochromatic

#551B57 #822985 #B038B4 #C95DCD #D88BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B038B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B038B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038B4

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038B4	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2063B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5472B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.209 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb79cb',
    500: '#b038b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038b4;
$custom-light: #cb79cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.065,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56276,
    "c": 0.20895,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038B4

secondary

#85C582

accent

#DC4C50

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038B4

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

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