#B038D3#B038D3

#B038D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.235 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038D3
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 68.76, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 89.04, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1727 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.235 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0748, 16.7629, 63.2141)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038D3 #5BD338

analogous

#6338D3 #B038D3 #D338A8

triadic

#B038D3 #D3B038 #38D3B0

tetradic

#B038D3 #D36338 #5BD338 #38A8D3

square

#B038D3 #D36338 #5BD338 #38A8D3

split-complementary

#B038D3 #A8D338 #38D363

monochromatic

#621A76 #8B25A9 #B038D3 #C46ADE #D89CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B038D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B038D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038D3

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038D3	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C75D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.235 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ae1',
    500: '#b038d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038d3;
$custom-light: #cc7ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58183,
    "c": 0.23484,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038D3

secondary

#A1D592

accent

#E74166

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038D3

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

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