#B38CF6#B38CF6

#B38CF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.154 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CF6
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 246)
HSL	hsl(262, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 43.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 36.19, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 60.00, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0757 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.154 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5992, 34.9934, 91.5757)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38CF6 #CFF68C

analogous

#8C9AF6 #B38CF6 #E88CF6

triadic

#B38CF6 #F6B38C #8CF6B3

tetradic

#B38CF6 #F68C9A #CFF68C #8CF6E8

square

#B38CF6 #F68C9A #CFF68C #8CF6E8

split-complementary

#B38CF6 #F6E88C #9AF68C

monochromatic

#681AED #8D53F2 #B38CF6 #D9C5FA #ECE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B38CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B38CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CF6

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CF6	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6EA0FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769FF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69FB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.154 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaef9',
    500: '#b38cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38cf6;
$custom-light: #ccaef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.075,
    "s": 85.484,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71929,
    "c": 0.15385,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CF6

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E20490

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CF6

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

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