#B038C3#B038C3

#B038C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.221 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038C3
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 65.81, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 82.00, 323.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.174 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.221 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1679, 16.0002, 53.1712)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038C3 #4BC338

analogous

#6B38C3 #B038C3 #C33890

triadic

#B038C3 #C3B038 #38C3B0

tetradic

#B038C3 #C36B38 #4BC338 #3890C3

square

#B038C3 #C36B38 #4BC338 #3890C3

split-complementary

#B038C3 #90C338 #38C36B

monochromatic

#5A1D64 #852A93 #B038C3 #C465D3 #D695E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B038C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B038C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038C3

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038C3	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A74C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2517A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.221 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ad6',
    500: '#b038c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038c3;
$custom-light: #cb7ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.799,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57167,
    "c": 0.22131,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038C3

secondary

#94CC8B

accent

#DF495E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038C3

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

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