#B38EDD#B38EDD

#B38EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.119 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EDD
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 29.26, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 45.69, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0682 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.119 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3119, 34.1504, 72.8079)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EDD #B8DD8E

analogous

#8E90DD #B38EDD #DA8EDD

triadic

#B38EDD #DDB38E #8EDDB3

tetradic

#B38EDD #DD8E90 #B8DD8E #8EDDDA

square

#B38EDD #DD8E90 #B8DD8E #8EDDDA

split-complementary

#B38EDD #DDDA8E #90DD8E

monochromatic

#7438B9 #935FCF #B38EDD #D3BDEB #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B38EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B38EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EDD

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EDD	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9AAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.119 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbafe8',
    500: '#b38edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38edd;
$custom-light: #cbafe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.101,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7106,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EDD

secondary

#E4EED9

accent

#C12478

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EDD

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

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