#B038C2#B038C2

#B038C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.220 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038C2
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 65.63, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 81.57, 323.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1741 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.22 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0553, 15.9551, 52.5777)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038C2 #4AC238

analogous

#6B38C2 #B038C2 #C2388F

triadic

#B038C2 #C2B038 #38C2B0

tetradic

#B038C2 #C26B38 #4AC238 #388FC2

square

#B038C2 #C26B38 #4AC238 #388FC2

split-complementary

#B038C2 #8FC238 #38C26B

monochromatic

#5A1D63 #852A93 #B038C2 #C465D2 #D694E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B038C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B038C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038C2

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038C2	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B74BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2517A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.220 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ad5',
    500: '#b038c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038c2;
$custom-light: #cb7ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57105,
    "c": 0.22047,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038C2

secondary

#93CB8A

accent

#DF495D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038C2

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

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