#B38DF9#B38DF9

#B38DF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.156 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38DF9
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 249)
HSL	hsl(261, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 43.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 36.36, -48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 60.94, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0749 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.156 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2102, 35.4727, 94.0692)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38DF9 #D3F98D

analogous

#8D9DF9 #B38DF9 #E98DF9

triadic

#B38DF9 #F9B38D #8DF9B3

tetradic

#B38DF9 #F98D9D #D3F98D #8DF9E9

square

#B38DF9 #F98D9D #D3F98D #8DF9E9

split-complementary

#B38DF9 #F9E98D #9DF98D

monochromatic

#6519F3 #8C53F6 #B38DF9 #DAC7FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B38DF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B38DF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38DF9

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38DF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38DF9	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6EA1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75A0F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38df9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.156 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaffc',
    500: '#b38df9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38df9;
$custom-light: #ccaffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38df9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 90,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72256,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38DF9

secondary

#EAF6D5

accent

#E60095

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38DF9

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

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