#B38BD2#B38BD2

#B38BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.110 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BD2
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(274, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 28.50, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 41.95, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0699 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.11 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4538, 32.7025, 65.1940)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BD2 #AAD28B

analogous

#8F8BD2 #B38BD2 #D28BCD

triadic

#B38BD2 #D2B38B #8BD2B3

tetradic

#B38BD2 #D28F8B #AAD28B #8BCDD2

square

#B38BD2 #D28F8B #AAD28B #8BCDD2

split-complementary

#B38BD2 #CDD28B #8BD28F

monochromatic

#783FA3 #965FC1 #B38BD2 #D0B7E3 #EDE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B38BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#B38BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BD2

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BD2	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E99D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.110 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caade0',
    500: '#b38bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bd2;
$custom-light: #caade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.803,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70026,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BD2

secondary

#DBE7D2

accent

#B72E6A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BD2

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

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