#B38DEE#B38DEE

#B38DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.142 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38DEE
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 33.74, -43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 55.19, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0731 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.142 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5445, 34.8064, 85.2966)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38DEE #C8EE8D

analogous

#8D98EE #B38DEE #E48DEE

triadic

#B38DEE #EEB38D #8DEEB3

tetradic

#B38DEE #EE8D98 #C8EE8D #8DEEE4

square

#B38DEE #EE8D98 #C8EE8D #8DEEE4

split-complementary

#B38DEE #EEE48D #98EE8D

monochromatic

#6C22DE #8F58E6 #B38DEE #D7C2F6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B38DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B38DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38DEE

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38DEE	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89DB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.142 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaff4',
    500: '#b38dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38dee;
$custom-light: #cbaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.505,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71697,
    "c": 0.14206,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38DEE

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D60F88

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38DEE

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

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