#B38BBD#B38BBD

#B38BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.084 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BBD
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(288, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 24.10, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 31.47, 319.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0642 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.084 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0071, 31.7238, 52.3081)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BBD #95BD8B

analogous

#9A8BBD #B38BBD #BD8BAE

triadic

#B38BBD #BDB38B #8BBDB3

tetradic

#B38BBD #BD9A8B #95BD8B #8BAEBD

square

#B38BBD #BD9A8B #95BD8B #8BAEBD

split-complementary

#B38BBD #AEBD8B #8BBD9A

monochromatic

#784B83 #9964A7 #B38BBD #CDB2D3 #E6D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B38BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#B38BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BBD

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BBD	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.084 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caadd1',
    500: '#b38bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bbd;
$custom-light: #caadd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69145,
    "c": 0.08447,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BBD

secondary

#CDDBC9

accent

#A63F54

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BBD

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

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