#B38AFA#B38AFA

#B38AFA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.162 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38AFA
RGB	rgb(179, 138, 250)
HSL	hsl(262, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 44.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 38.27, -50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 63.32, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.079 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.162 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9302, 34.6625, 94.7474)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38AFA #D1FA8A

analogous

#8A99FA #B38AFA #EB8AFA

triadic

#B38AFA #FAB38A #8AFAB3

tetradic

#B38AFA #FA8A99 #D1FA8A #8AFAEB

square

#B38AFA #FA8A99 #D1FA8A #8AFAEB

split-complementary

#B38AFA #FAEB8A #99FA8A

monochromatic

#6715F5 #8D4FF7 #B38AFA #D9C5FD #ECE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B38AFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B38AFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38AFA

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38AFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38AFA	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#699FFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#719EF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59EB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38afa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 138, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.162 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccadfc',
    500: '#b38afa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38afa;
$custom-light: #ccadfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38afa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.964,
    "s": 91.803,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71798,
    "c": 0.16204,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38AFA

secondary

#EAF6D5

accent

#E60091

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38AFA

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

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