#B38DEB#B38DEB

#B38DEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.138 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38DEB
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 33.03, -42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 53.63, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0725 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.138 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1074, 34.6316, 82.9947)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38DEB #C5EB8D

analogous

#8D96EB #B38DEB #E28DEB

triadic

#B38DEB #EBB38D #8DEBB3

tetradic

#B38DEB #EB8D96 #C5EB8D #8DEBE2

square

#B38DEB #EB8D96 #C5EB8D #8DEBE2

split-complementary

#B38DEB #EBE28D #96EB8D

monochromatic

#6E26D8 #9059E2 #B38DEB #D6C1F4 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B38DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B38DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38DEB

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38DEB	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.138 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaff2',
    500: '#b38deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38deb;
$custom-light: #cbaff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.255,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71548,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38DEB

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D21385

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38DEB

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

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