#B38BE5#B38BE5

#B38BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.134 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BE5
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 32.76, -40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 51.76, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0741 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.134 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9629, 33.7062, 78.4088)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BE5 #BDE58B

analogous

#8B90E5 #B38BE5 #E08BE5

triadic

#B38BE5 #E5B38B #8BE5B3

tetradic

#B38BE5 #E58B90 #BDE58B #8BE5E0

square

#B38BE5 #E58B90 #BDE58B #8BE5E0

split-complementary

#B38BE5 #E5E08B #90E58B

monochromatic

#722DC9 #9259DA #B38BE5 #D4BDF0 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B38BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B38BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BE5

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BE5	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB99AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.134 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaded',
    500: '#b38be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38be5;
$custom-light: #cbaded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70906,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BE5

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CB1A7D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BE5

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

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