#B38DCD#B38DCD

#B38DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.100 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38DCD
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(276, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 26.30, -27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 38.09, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0657 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.1 311)
XYZ	xyz(39.1328, 33.0417, 62.0619)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38DCD #A7CD8D

analogous

#938DCD #B38DCD #CD8DC7

triadic

#B38DCD #CDB38D #8DCDB3

tetradic

#B38DCD #CD938D #A7CD8D #8DC7CD

square

#B38DCD #CD938D #A7CD8D #8DC7CD

split-complementary

#B38DCD #C7CD8D #8DCD93

monochromatic

#78449B #9762BA #B38DCD #CFB8E0 #ECE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B38DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B38DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38DCD

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38DCD	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B095A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.100 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaedc',
    500: '#b38dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38dcd;
$custom-light: #caaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.625,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7017,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.33041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38DCD

secondary

#D9E5D1

accent

#B23367

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38DCD

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

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