#B38CF7#B38CF7

#B38CF7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.155 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CF7
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 247)
HSL	hsl(262, 87%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 43.3%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 36.43, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 60.52, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0759 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.155 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7531, 35.0550, 92.3862)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38CF7 #D0F78C

analogous

#8C9AF7 #B38CF7 #E88CF7

triadic

#B38CF7 #F7B38C #8CF7B3

tetradic

#B38CF7 #F78C9A #D0F78C #8CF7E8

square

#B38CF7 #F78C9A #D0F78C #8CF7E8

split-complementary

#B38CF7 #F7E88C #9AF78C

monochromatic

#671AEF #8D53F3 #B38CF7 #D9C5FB #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B38CF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B38CF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CF7

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CF7	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6DA0FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759FF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69FB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38cf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.155 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaefa',
    500: '#b38cf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38cf7;
$custom-light: #ccaefa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38cf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.869,
    "s": 86.992,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CF7

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E40291

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CF7

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

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