#B38BF7#B38BF7

#B38BF7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.157 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BF7
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 247)
HSL	hsl(262, 87%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 43.7%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 36.99, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 61.14, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0772 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.157 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6076, 34.7641, 92.3377)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BF7 #CFF78B

analogous

#8B99F7 #B38BF7 #E98BF7

triadic

#B38BF7 #F7B38B #8BF7B3

tetradic

#B38BF7 #F78B99 #CFF78B #8BF7E9

square

#B38BF7 #F78B99 #CFF78B #8BF7E9

split-complementary

#B38BF7 #F7E98B #99F78B

monochromatic

#6818EF #8D52F3 #B38BF7 #D9C4FB #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B38BF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B38BF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BF7

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BF7	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C9FFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749EF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69EB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.157 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccadfa',
    500: '#b38bf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bf7;
$custom-light: #ccadfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7181,
    "c": 0.15669,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BF7

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E40290

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BF7

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

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