#B038BE#B038BE

#B038BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.217 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038BE
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(294, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 64.92, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 79.84, 324.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1742 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.217 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6121, 15.7778, 50.2436)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038BE #46BE38

analogous

#6D38BE #B038BE #BE3889

triadic

#B038BE #BEB038 #38BEB0

tetradic

#B038BE #BE6D38 #46BE38 #3889BE

square

#B038BE #BE6D38 #46BE38 #3889BE

split-complementary

#B038BE #89BE38 #38BE6D

monochromatic

#581C5F #842A8F #B038BE #C562D1 #D792DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B038BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B038BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038BE

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038BE	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0766C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E73BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.217 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ad2',
    500: '#b038be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038be;
$custom-light: #cb7ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.731,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56863,
    "c": 0.21715,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038BE

secondary

#8FCA88

accent

#DE4A59

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038BE

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

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