#B38BF2#B38BF2

#B38BF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.150 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BF2
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 242)
HSL	hsl(263, 80%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 43%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 42.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 35.80, -46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 58.53, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0765 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.15 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8464, 34.4596, 88.3286)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BF2 #CAF28B

analogous

#8B97F2 #B38BF2 #E78BF2

triadic

#B38BF2 #F2B38B #8BF2B3

tetradic

#B38BF2 #F28B97 #CAF28B #8BF2E7

square

#B38BF2 #F28B97 #CAF28B #8BF2E7

split-complementary

#B38BF2 #F2E78B #97F28B

monochromatic

#6B1DE6 #8F54EC #B38BF2 #D7C2F8 #EDE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B38BF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B38BF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BF2

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BF2	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9EF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779EEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79DB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.150 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccadf7',
    500: '#b38bf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bf2;
$custom-light: #ccadf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.301,
    "s": 79.845,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71552,
    "c": 0.15034,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BF2

secondary

#E9F4D7

accent

#DC098A

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FE

border

#D2CED6

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BF2

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

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