#B38BF6#B38BF6

#B38BF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.155 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BF6
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 246)
HSL	hsl(262, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 43.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 36.75, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 60.62, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0771 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.155 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4537, 34.7025, 91.5272)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BF6 #CEF68B

analogous

#8B98F6 #B38BF6 #E88BF6

triadic

#B38BF6 #F6B38B #8BF6B3

tetradic

#B38BF6 #F68B98 #CEF68B #8BF6E8

square

#B38BF6 #F68B98 #CEF68B #8BF6E8

split-complementary

#B38BF6 #F6E88B #98F68B

monochromatic

#6919ED #8E52F2 #B38BF6 #D8C4FA #ECE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B38BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B38BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BF6

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BF6	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9FFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759EF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69EB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.155 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccadf9',
    500: '#b38bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bf6;
$custom-light: #ccadf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.43,
    "s": 85.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71758,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BF6

secondary

#E9F5D6

accent

#E2038F

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BF6

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

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