#B38CE4#B38CE4

#B38CE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.131 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CE4
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 228)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 38.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 31.97, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 50.61, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0725 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.131 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9691, 33.9414, 77.7241)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38CE4 #BDE48C

analogous

#8C91E4 #B38CE4 #DF8CE4

triadic

#B38CE4 #E4B38C #8CE4B3

tetradic

#B38CE4 #E48C91 #BDE48C #8CE4DF

square

#B38CE4 #E48C91 #BDE48C #8CE4DF

split-complementary

#B38CE4 #E4DF8C #91E48C

monochromatic

#722FC7 #925AD8 #B38CE4 #D4BEF0 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B38CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B38CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CE4

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CE4	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaeed',
    500: '#b38ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ce4;
$custom-light: #cbaeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.591,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71033,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CE4

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CA1C7D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CE4

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

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