#B38BDA#B38BDA

#B38BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BDA
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 30.26, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 46.06, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0718 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.12 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4755, 33.1112, 70.5749)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BDA #B2DA8B

analogous

#8C8BDA #B38BDA #DA8BD9

triadic

#B38BDA #DAB38B #8BDAB3

tetradic

#B38BDA #DA8C8B #B2DA8B #8BD9DA

square

#B38BDA #DA8C8B #B2DA8B #8BD9DA

split-complementary

#B38BDA #D9DA8B #8BDA8C

monochromatic

#7639B2 #955DCB #B38BDA #D1B9E9 #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B38BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B38BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BDA

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BDA	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE97A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbade5',
    500: '#b38bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bda;
$custom-light: #cbade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.38,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70387,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BDA

secondary

#E0EBD5

accent

#BF2672

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BDA

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

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