#B038BF#B038BF

#B038BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.218 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038BF
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(293, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 65.10, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 80.27, 324.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1742 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.218 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7217, 15.8217, 50.8212)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038BF #47BF38

analogous

#6C38BF #B038BF #BF388A

triadic

#B038BF #BFB038 #38BFB0

tetradic

#B038BF #BF6C38 #47BF38 #388ABF

square

#B038BF #BF6C38 #47BF38 #388ABF

split-complementary

#B038BF #8ABF38 #38BF6C

monochromatic

#591C60 #842A90 #B038BF #C563D1 #D792DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B038BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B038BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038BF

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038BF	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0366C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D73BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.218 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ad3',
    500: '#b038bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038bf;
$custom-light: #cb7ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56923,
    "c": 0.21797,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038BF

secondary

#90CA89

accent

#DE4A5A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038BF

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

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