#B038B9#B038B9

#B038B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.213 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038B9
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(296, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 64.04, -44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 77.71, 325.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1743 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.213 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0749, 15.5630, 47.4147)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038B9 #41B938

analogous

#7038B9 #B038B9 #B93882

triadic

#B038B9 #B9B038 #38B9B0

tetradic

#B038B9 #B97038 #41B938 #3882B9

square

#B038B9 #B97038 #41B938 #3882B9

split-complementary

#B038B9 #82B938 #38B970

monochromatic

#571C5B #832A8A #B038B9 #C75FCF #D78EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B038B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B038B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038B9

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038B9	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1765BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5173B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.213 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb79ce',
    500: '#b038b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038b9;
$custom-light: #cb79ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.814,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56566,
    "c": 0.21302,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038B9

secondary

#8AC885

accent

#DD4B55

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038B9

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

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