#B38CEB#B38CEB

#B38CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.140 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CEB
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 235)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 33.59, -42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 54.26, 308.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0739 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.14 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9606, 34.3380, 82.9458)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38CEB #C4EB8C

analogous

#8C94EB #B38CEB #E38CEB

triadic

#B38CEB #EBB38C #8CEBB3

tetradic

#B38CEB #EB8C94 #C4EB8C #8CEBE3

square

#B38CEB #EB8C94 #C4EB8C #8CEBE3

split-complementary

#B38CEB #EBE38C #94EB8C

monochromatic

#6E25D7 #9158E2 #B38CEB #D5C0F4 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B38CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B38CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CEB

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CEB	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.140 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaef2',
    500: '#b38ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ceb;
$custom-light: #cbaef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.632,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71374,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CEB

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D21384

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CEB

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

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