#B038D7#B038D7

#B038D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.238 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B038D7
RGB	rgb(176, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 69.52, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 90.82, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1723 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.238 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5825, 16.9660, 65.8879)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B038D7 #5FD738

analogous

#6038D7 #B038D7 #D738AE

triadic

#B038D7 #D7B038 #38D7B0

tetradic

#B038D7 #D76038 #5FD738 #38AED7

square

#B038D7 #D76038 #5FD738 #38AED7

split-complementary

#B038D7 #AED738 #38D760

monochromatic

#63197C #8C23AF #B038D7 #C46BE1 #D89EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B038D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B038D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B038D7

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B038D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B038D7	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3776D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b038d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.238 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7be4',
    500: '#b038d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b038d7;
$custom-light: #cc7be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b038d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.283,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58447,
    "c": 0.23826,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B038D7

secondary

#A4D893

accent

#E93E68

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B038D7

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

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