#B038C1#B038C1

#B038C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.220 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038C1
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, 65.45, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 81.14, 323.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1741 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.22 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9433, 15.9104, 51.9882)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038C1 #49C138

analogous

#6C38C1 #B038C1 #C1388E

triadic

#B038C1 #C1B038 #38C1B0

tetradic

#B038C1 #C16C38 #49C138 #388EC1

square

#B038C1 #C16C38 #49C138 #388EC1

split-complementary

#B038C1 #8EC138 #38C16C

monochromatic

#591C62 #852A92 #B038C1 #C464D2 #D694E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B038C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B038C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038C1

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038C1	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C74BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.220 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ad4',
    500: '#b038c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038c1;
$custom-light: #cb7ad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.555,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57044,
    "c": 0.21963,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038C1

secondary

#92CB8A

accent

#DE495C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038C1

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

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