#B38AED#B38AED

#B38AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.146 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38AED
RGB	rgb(179, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 35.17, -44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 56.56, 308.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.077 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.146 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9616, 33.8750, 84.3795)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38AED #C4ED8A

analogous

#8A92ED #B38AED #E48AED

triadic

#B38AED #EDB38A #8AEDB3

tetradic

#B38AED #ED8A92 #C4ED8A #8AEDE4

square

#B38AED #ED8A92 #C4ED8A #8AEDE4

split-complementary

#B38AED #EDE48A #92ED8A

monochromatic

#6E22DB #9155E5 #B38AED #D5BFF5 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B38AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B38AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38AED

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38AED	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.146 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbacf3',
    500: '#b38aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38aed;
$custom-light: #cbacf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.848,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71127,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38AED

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51084

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38AED

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

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