#B38CD2#B38CD2

#B38CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CD2
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, 27.94, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 41.30, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0685 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.108 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5992, 32.9934, 65.2425)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38CD2 #ABD28C

analogous

#908CD2 #B38CD2 #D28CCE

triadic

#B38CD2 #D2B38C #8CD2B3

tetradic

#B38CD2 #D2908C #ABD28C #8CCED2

square

#B38CD2 #D2908C #ABD28C #8CCED2

split-complementary

#B38CD2 #CED28C #8CD290

monochromatic

#7740A4 #9660C1 #B38CD2 #D0B8E3 #EDE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B38CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B38CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CD2

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CD2	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF96A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaee0',
    500: '#b38cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38cd2;
$custom-light: #caaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.429,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70206,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CD2

secondary

#DCE7D2

accent

#B72F6B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CD2

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

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