#B38EE7#B38EE7

#B38EE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.131 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EE7
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 231)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 31.54, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 50.91, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0703 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.131 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6841, 34.6992, 80.0347)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EE7 #C2E78E

analogous

#8E95E7 #B38EE7 #E08EE7

triadic

#B38EE7 #E7B38E #8EE7B3

tetradic

#B38EE7 #E78E95 #C2E78E #8EE7E0

square

#B38EE7 #E78E95 #C2E78E #8EE7E0

split-complementary

#B38EE7 #E7E08E #95E78E

monochromatic

#702CCF #915CDC #B38EE7 #D5C0F2 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B38EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B38EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EE7

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EE7	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.131 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbafef',
    500: '#b38ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ee7;
$custom-light: #cbafef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.944,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7153,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EE7

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CD1982

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EE7

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

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