#B38ABA#B38ABA

#B38ABA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.083 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38ABA
RGB	rgb(179, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(291, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(291, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 24.06, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 30.70, 321.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0648 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.083 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5407, 31.3067, 50.5627)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38ABA #91BA8A

analogous

#9B8ABA #B38ABA #BA8AA9

triadic

#B38ABA #BAB38A #8ABAB3

tetradic

#B38ABA #BA9B8A #91BA8A #8AA9BA

square

#B38ABA #BA9B8A #91BA8A #8AA9BA

split-complementary

#B38ABA #A9BA8A #8ABA9B

monochromatic

#774B7F #9A64A3 #B38ABA #CCB0D1 #E5D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B38ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#B38ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38ABA

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38ABA	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E99B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.083 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caacce',
    500: '#b38aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38aba;
$custom-light: #caacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.25,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68843,
    "c": 0.08288,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38ABA

secondary

#CAD8C7

accent

#A44150

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38ABA

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

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