#B38BEE#B38BEE

#B38BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.145 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BEE
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 34.85, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 56.45, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0758 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.145 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2522, 34.2219, 85.1992)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BEE #C6EE8B

analogous

#8B95EE #B38BEE #E48BEE

triadic

#B38BEE #EEB38B #8BEEB3

tetradic

#B38BEE #EE8B95 #C6EE8B #8BEEE4

square

#B38BEE #EE8B95 #C6EE8B #8BEEE4

split-complementary

#B38BEE #EEE48B #95EE8B

monochromatic

#6D21DE #9056E6 #B38BEE #D6C0F6 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B38BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B38BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BEE

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BEE	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.145 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbadf4',
    500: '#b38bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bee;
$custom-light: #cbadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.242,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7135,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BEE

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D70F86

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BEE

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

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