#B38BB2#B38BB2

#B38BB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.072 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BB2
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(302, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(302, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 0.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 21.93, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 26.35, 326.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0607 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.072 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8580, 31.2642, 46.2565)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BB2 #8BB38C

analogous

#A08BB3 #B38BB2 #B38B9E

triadic

#B38BB2 #B2B38B #8BB2B3

tetradic

#B38BB2 #B3A08B #8BB38C #8B9EB3

square

#B38BB2 #B3A08B #8BB38C #8B9EB3

split-complementary

#B38BB2 #9EB38B #8BB3A0

monochromatic

#764D75 #9B6699 #B38BB2 #CBB0CB #E3D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B38BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B38BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BB2

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BB2	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.072 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caadc9',
    500: '#b38bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bb2;
$custom-light: #caadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.5,
    "s": 20.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68724,
    "c": 0.07231,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BB2

secondary

#C6D4C6

accent

#9F4946

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BB2

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

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