#B38CE9#B38CE9

#B38CE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.137 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CE9
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 233)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 39.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 33.12, -41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 53.21, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0735 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.137 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6733, 34.2231, 81.4326)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38CE9 #C2E98C

analogous

#8C93E9 #B38CE9 #E18CE9

triadic

#B38CE9 #E9B38C #8CE9B3

tetradic

#B38CE9 #E98C93 #C2E98C #8CE9E1

square

#B38CE9 #E98C93 #C2E98C #8CE9E1

split-complementary

#B38CE9 #E9E18C #93E98C

monochromatic

#7028D2 #9159DF #B38CE9 #D5BFF3 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B38CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B38CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CE9

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CE9	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.137 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaef0',
    500: '#b38ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ce9;
$custom-light: #cbaef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71275,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CE9

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D01682

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CE9

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

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