#B38ABE#B38ABE

#B38ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.087 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38ABE
RGB	rgb(179, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(287, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, 24.86, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 32.61, 319.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.066 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.087 319)
XYZ	xyz(36.9719, 31.4792, 52.8337)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38ABE #95BE8A

analogous

#998ABE #B38ABE #BE8AAF

triadic

#B38ABE #BEB38A #8ABEB3

tetradic

#B38ABE #BE998A #95BE8A #8AAFBE

square

#B38ABE #BE998A #95BE8A #8AAFBE

split-complementary

#B38ABE #AFBE8A #8ABE99

monochromatic

#784984 #9963A8 #B38ABE #CDB1D4 #E6D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B38ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#B38ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38ABE

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38ABE	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.087 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caacd1',
    500: '#b38abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38abe;
$custom-light: #caacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.308,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69001,
    "c": 0.08744,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.31478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38ABE

secondary

#CDDBC9

accent

#A73E54

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38ABE

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

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