#B038C7#B038C7

#B038C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.225 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038C7
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 66.54, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 83.75, 322.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1738 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.225 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6263, 16.1835, 55.5850)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038C7 #4FC738

analogous

#6938C7 #B038C7 #C73896

triadic

#B038C7 #C7B038 #38C7B0

tetradic

#B038C7 #C76938 #4FC738 #3896C7

square

#B038C7 #C76938 #4FC738 #3896C7

split-complementary

#B038C7 #96C738 #38C769

monochromatic

#5C1D67 #862B97 #B038C7 #C368D4 #D698E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B038C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B038C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038C7

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038C7	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4774C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.225 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ad9',
    500: '#b038c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038c7;
$custom-light: #cb7ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.35,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57414,
    "c": 0.22466,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038C7

secondary

#98CD8D

accent

#DF4861

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038C7

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

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