#B38EEB#B38EEB

#B38EEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.137 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EEB
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 39.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 32.47, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 53.00, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0711 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.137 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2555, 34.9278, 83.0441)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EEB #C6EB8E

analogous

#8E98EB #B38EEB #E28EEB

triadic

#B38EEB #EBB38E #8EEBB3

tetradic

#B38EEB #EB8E98 #C6EB8E #8EEBE2

square

#B38EEB #EB8E98 #C6EB8E #8EEBE2

split-complementary

#B38EEB #EBE28E #98EB8E

monochromatic

#6D26D8 #905AE2 #B38EEB #D6C2F4 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B38EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B38EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EEB

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EEB	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779FEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.137 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaff2',
    500: '#b38eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38eeb;
$custom-light: #cbaff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.871,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71724,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EEB

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D21486

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EEB

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

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