#B038C5#B038C5

#B038C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.223 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038C5
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 66.17, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 82.87, 322.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1739 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.223 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3956, 16.0913, 54.3701)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038C5 #4DC538

analogous

#6A38C5 #B038C5 #C53893

triadic

#B038C5 #C5B038 #38C5B0

tetradic

#B038C5 #C56A38 #4DC538 #3893C5

square

#B038C5 #C56A38 #4DC538 #3893C5

split-complementary

#B038C5 #93C538 #38C56A

monochromatic

#5B1D66 #852A95 #B038C5 #C367D4 #D696E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B038C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B038C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038C5

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038C5	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4974C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1527B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.223 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ad7',
    500: '#b038c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038c5;
$custom-light: #cb7ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.064,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5729,
    "c": 0.22298,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038C5

secondary

#96CD8C

accent

#DF495F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038C5

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

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