#B38CE8#B38CE8

#B38CE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CE8
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 232)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 39.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 32.89, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 52.69, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0733 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.136 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5308, 34.1661, 80.6824)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38CE8 #C1E88C

analogous

#8C93E8 #B38CE8 #E18CE8

triadic

#B38CE8 #E8B38C #8CE8B3

tetradic

#B38CE8 #E88C93 #C1E88C #8CE8E1

square

#B38CE8 #E88C93 #C1E88C #8CE8E1

split-complementary

#B38CE8 #E8E18C #93E88C

monochromatic

#702AD0 #9159DE #B38CE8 #D5BFF2 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B38CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B38CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CE8

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CE8	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaeef',
    500: '#b38ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ce8;
$custom-light: #cbaeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.435,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71227,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CE8

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CF1781

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CE8

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

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