#B38CE3#B38CE3

#B38CE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.130 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CE3
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 31.74, -38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 50.09, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0723 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.13 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8307, 33.8860, 76.9951)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38CE3 #BCE38C

analogous

#8C91E3 #B38CE3 #DF8CE3

triadic

#B38CE3 #E3B38C #8CE3B3

tetradic

#B38CE3 #E38C91 #BCE38C #8CE3DF

square

#B38CE3 #E38C91 #BCE38C #8CE3DF

split-complementary

#B38CE3 #E3DF8C #91E38C

monochromatic

#7330C5 #925BD7 #B38CE3 #D4BDEF #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B38CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B38CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CE3

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CE3	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.130 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaeec',
    500: '#b38ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ce3;
$custom-light: #cbaeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70985,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CE3

secondary

#E7F0DA

accent

#C91D7C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CE3

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

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