#B38BFB#B38BFB

#B38BFB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.162 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38BFB
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 251)
HSL	hsl(261, 93%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 44.6%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 37.95, -50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 63.22, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0778 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.162 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2315, 35.0136, 95.6234)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38BFB #D3FB8B

analogous

#8B9BFB #B38BFB #EB8BFB

triadic

#B38BFB #FBB38B #8BFBB3

tetradic

#B38BFB #FB8B9B #D3FB8B #8BFBEB

square

#B38BFB #FB8B9B #D3FB8B #8BFBEB

split-complementary

#B38BFB #FBEB8B #9BFB8B

monochromatic

#6515F7 #8C50F9 #B38BFB #DAC6FD #ECE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B38BFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B38BFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38BFB

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38BFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38BFB	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6AA0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729FF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49FB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38bfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.162 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccadfd',
    500: '#b38bfb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38bfb;
$custom-light: #ccadfd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38bfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7202,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38BFB

secondary

#EAF6D5

accent

#E60094

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141018

muted

#827F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38BFB

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

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