#B038CE#B038CE

#B038CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.231 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038CE
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 206)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 67.83, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 86.82, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1732 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.231 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4577, 16.5161, 59.9641)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038CE #56CE38

analogous

#6538CE #B038CE #CE38A1

triadic

#B038CE #CEB038 #38CEB0

tetradic

#B038CE #CE6538 #56CE38 #38A1CE

square

#B038CE #CE6538 #56CE38 #38A1CE

split-complementary

#B038CE #A1CE38 #38CE65

monochromatic

#5F1C70 #8928A1 #B038CE #C369DA #D79AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B038CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B038CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038CE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038CE	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4175CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.231 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ade',
    500: '#b038ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038ce;
$custom-light: #cc7ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57858,
    "c": 0.23059,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038CE

secondary

#9DD290

accent

#E44464

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038CE

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

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