#B38DE3#B38DE3

#B38DE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.128 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38DE3
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 37.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 31.18, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 49.45, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0709 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.128 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9775, 34.1796, 77.0440)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38DE3 #BDE38D

analogous

#8D92E3 #B38DE3 #DE8DE3

triadic

#B38DE3 #E3B38D #8DE3B3

tetradic

#B38DE3 #E38D92 #BDE38D #8DE3DE

square

#B38DE3 #E38D92 #BDE38D #8DE3DE

split-complementary

#B38DE3 #E3DE8D #92E38D

monochromatic

#7230C5 #925CD7 #B38DE3 #D4BEEF #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B38DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B38DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38DE3

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38DE3	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9BAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.128 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaeec',
    500: '#b38de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38de3;
$custom-light: #cbaeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.512,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71162,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38DE3

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C81D7D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38DE3

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

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