#B38CE6#B38CE6

#B38CE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.133 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CE6
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 230)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 39.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 32.43, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 51.65, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0729 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.133 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2484, 34.0531, 79.1947)
Luminance	0.3405 (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

#B38CE6 #BFE68C

analogous

#8C92E6 #B38CE6 #E08CE6

triadic

#B38CE6 #E6B38C #8CE6B3

tetradic

#B38CE6 #E68C92 #BFE68C #8CE6E0

square

#B38CE6 #E68C92 #BFE68C #8CE6E0

split-complementary

#B38CE6 #E6E08C #92E68C

monochromatic

#712CCB #925ADB #B38CE6 #D4BEF1 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B38CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B38CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CE6

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CE6	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9BAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.133 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaeee',
    500: '#b38ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ce6;
$custom-light: #cbaeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71129,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CE6

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CC197F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CE6

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

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