#B38CE7#B38CE7

#B38CE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.135 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CE7
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 231)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 39.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 32.66, -40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 52.17, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0731 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.135 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3892, 34.1094, 79.9364)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38CE7 #C0E78C

analogous

#8C92E7 #B38CE7 #E08CE7

triadic

#B38CE7 #E7B38C #8CE7B3

tetradic

#B38CE7 #E78C92 #C0E78C #8CE7E0

square

#B38CE7 #E78C92 #C0E78C #8CE7E0

split-complementary

#B38CE7 #E7E08C #92E78C

monochromatic

#712BCE #9259DC #B38CE7 #D4BFF2 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B38CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B38CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CE7

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CE7	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.135 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaeef',
    500: '#b38ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ce7;
$custom-light: #cbaeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71178,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CE7

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CD1880

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CE7

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

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