#B38DCA#B38DCA

#B38DCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.096 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38DCA
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(277, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(277, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 25.66, -26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 36.57, 314.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0649 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.096 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7742, 32.8983, 60.1730)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38DCA #A4CA8D

analogous

#958DCA #B38DCA #CA8DC3

triadic

#B38DCA #CAB38D #8DCAB3

tetradic

#B38DCA #CA958D #A4CA8D #8DC3CA

square

#B38DCA #CA958D #A4CA8D #8DC3CA

split-complementary

#B38DCA #C3CA8D #8DCA95

monochromatic

#784697 #9763B7 #B38DCA #CFB7DD #EBE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B38DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B38DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38DCA

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38DCA	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B195A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.096 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaeda',
    500: '#b38dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38dca;
$custom-light: #caaeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.377,
    "s": 36.527,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70043,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38DCA

secondary

#D7E3D0

accent

#AF3664

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38DCA

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

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