#B038D4#B038D4

#B038D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.236 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038D4
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 68.95, -57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 89.49, 320.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.1726 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.236 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2006, 16.8132, 63.8764)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038D4 #5CD438

analogous

#6238D4 #B038D4 #D438AA

triadic

#B038D4 #D4B038 #38D4B0

tetradic

#B038D4 #D46238 #5CD438 #38AAD4

square

#B038D4 #D46238 #5CD438 #38AAD4

split-complementary

#B038D4 #AAD438 #38D462

monochromatic

#621A78 #8B25AA #B038D4 #C46ADF #D89DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B038D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B038D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038D4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038D4	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B75D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.236 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ae2',
    500: '#b038d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038d4;
$custom-light: #cc7ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58249,
    "c": 0.2357,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038D4

secondary

#A2D692

accent

#E74067

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038D4

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

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