#B38BBF#B38BBF

#B38BBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.087 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BBF
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 191)
HSL	hsl(286, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(286, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, 24.50, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 32.43, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.0648 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.087 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2257, 31.8113, 53.4593)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BBF #97BF8B

analogous

#998BBF #B38BBF #BF8BB1

triadic

#B38BBF #BFB38B #8BBFB3

tetradic

#B38BBF #BF998B #97BF8B #8BB1BF

square

#B38BBF #BF998B #97BF8B #8BB1BF

split-complementary

#B38BBF #B1BF8B #8BBF99

monochromatic

#784A86 #9964A9 #B38BBF #CDB2D5 #E7DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B38BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#B38BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BBF

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BBF	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.087 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caadd2',
    500: '#b38bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bbf;
$custom-light: #caadd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69225,
    "c": 0.08679,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BBF

secondary

#CEDCCA

accent

#A83E56

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BBF

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

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