#B38EE2#B38EE2

#B38EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EE2
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 30.39, -37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 48.29, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0693 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.125 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9880, 34.4208, 76.3686)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EE2 #BDE28E

analogous

#8E93E2 #B38EE2 #DD8EE2

triadic

#B38EE2 #E2B38E #8EE2B3

tetradic

#B38EE2 #E28E93 #BDE28E #8EE2DD

square

#B38EE2 #E28E93 #BDE28E #8EE2DD

split-complementary

#B38EE2 #E2DD8E #93E28E

monochromatic

#7232C3 #925DD6 #B38EE2 #D4BFEE #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B38EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B38EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EE2

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EE2	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9BAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbafeb',
    500: '#b38ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ee2;
$custom-light: #cbafeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.429,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EE2

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C71F7D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EE2

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

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