#B038CC#B038CC

#B038CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.229 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038CC
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 67.45, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 85.94, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.1734 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.229 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2163, 16.4196, 58.6927)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038CC #54CC38

analogous

#6638CC #B038CC #CC389E

triadic

#B038CC #CCB038 #38CCB0

tetradic

#B038CC #CC6638 #54CC38 #389ECC

square

#B038CC #CC6638 #54CC38 #389ECC

split-complementary

#B038CC #9ECC38 #38CC66

monochromatic

#5E1C6E #88299E #B038CC #C369D8 #D799E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B038CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B038CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038CC

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038CC	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4375C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.229 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7adc',
    500: '#b038cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038cc;
$custom-light: #cc7adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5773,
    "c": 0.22889,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038CC

secondary

#9CD18F

accent

#E24563

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038CC

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

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