#B38DF8#B38DF8

#B38DF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.155 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38DF8
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 248)
HSL	hsl(261, 88%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 43.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 36.12, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 60.42, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0747 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.155 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0546, 35.4104, 93.2500)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38DF8 #D2F88D

analogous

#8D9DF8 #B38DF8 #E88DF8

triadic

#B38DF8 #F8B38D #8DF8B3

tetradic

#B38DF8 #F88D9D #D2F88D #8DF8E8

square

#B38DF8 #F88D9D #D2F88D #8DF8E8

split-complementary

#B38DF8 #F8E88D #9DF88D

monochromatic

#661AF1 #8D53F4 #B38DF8 #D9C7FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B38DF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B38DF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38DF8

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38DF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38DF8	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6EA1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76A0F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38df8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.155 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaffb',
    500: '#b38df8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38df8;
$custom-light: #ccaffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38df8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.308,
    "s": 88.43,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72204,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38DF8

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E50094

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38DF8

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

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