#B38EE3#B38EE3

#B38EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EE3
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 30.62, -38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 48.82, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0695 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.126 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1256, 34.4758, 77.0934)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EE3 #BEE38E

analogous

#8E93E3 #B38EE3 #DE8EE3

triadic

#B38EE3 #E3B38E #8EE3B3

tetradic

#B38EE3 #E38E93 #BEE38E #8EE3DE

square

#B38EE3 #E38E93 #BEE38E #8EE3DE

split-complementary

#B38EE3 #E3DE8E #93E38E

monochromatic

#7231C6 #925DD7 #B38EE3 #D4BFEF #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B38EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B38EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EE3

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EE3	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9BAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbafec',
    500: '#b38ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ee3;
$custom-light: #cbafec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.118,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71339,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EE3

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C81E7E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EE3

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

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