#B38DE7#B38DE7

#B38DE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.133 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38DE7
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 231)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 39%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 32.10, -40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 51.54, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0717 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.133 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5360, 34.4030, 79.9854)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38DE7 #C1E78D

analogous

#8D94E7 #B38DE7 #E08DE7

triadic

#B38DE7 #E7B38D #8DE7B3

tetradic

#B38DE7 #E78D94 #C1E78D #8DE7E0

square

#B38DE7 #E78D94 #C1E78D #8DE7E0

split-complementary

#B38DE7 #E7E08D #94E78D

monochromatic

#702BCE #915ADC #B38DE7 #D5C0F2 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B38DE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B38DE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38DE7

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38DE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38DE7	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9CAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38de7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbafef',
    500: '#b38de7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38de7;
$custom-light: #cbafef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38de7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.333,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71353,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38DE7

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CD1881

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38DE7

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

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