#B038CB#B038CB

#B038CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.228 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038CB
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 67.27, -52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 85.50, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1735 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.228 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0968, 16.3717, 58.0631)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038CB #53CB38

analogous

#6638CB #B038CB #CB389C

triadic

#B038CB #CBB038 #38CBB0

tetradic

#B038CB #CB6638 #53CB38 #389CCB

square

#B038CB #CB6638 #53CB38 #389CCB

split-complementary

#B038CB #9CCB38 #38CB66

monochromatic

#5E1C6C #88299D #B038CB #C369D8 #D799E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B038CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B038CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038CB

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038CB	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4475C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.228 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7adb',
    500: '#b038cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038cb;
$custom-light: #cc7adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.98,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57666,
    "c": 0.22804,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038CB

secondary

#9BD08F

accent

#E24663

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038CB

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

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