#B38BEC#B38BEC

#B38BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.143 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BEC
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 34.38, -43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 55.41, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0754 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.143 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9600, 34.1050, 83.6603)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BEC #C4EC8B

analogous

#8B93EC #B38BEC #E38BEC

triadic

#B38BEC #ECB38B #8BECB3

tetradic

#B38BEC #EC8B93 #C4EC8B #8BECE3

square

#B38BEC #EC8B93 #C4EC8B #8BECE3

split-complementary

#B38BEC #ECE38B #93EC8B

monochromatic

#6E24D9 #9156E3 #B38BEC #D5C0F5 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B38BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B38BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BEC

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BEC	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729DF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.143 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbadf2',
    500: '#b38bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bec;
$custom-light: #cbadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.742,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7125,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D41284

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BEC

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

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