#B38EEE#B38EEE

#B38EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.140 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EEE
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 33.18, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 54.57, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0717 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.14 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6926, 35.1026, 85.3460)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EEE #C9EE8E

analogous

#8E99EE #B38EEE #E38EEE

triadic

#B38EEE #EEB38E #8EEEB3

tetradic

#B38EEE #EE8E99 #C9EE8E #8EEEE3

square

#B38EEE #EE8E99 #C9EE8E #8EEEE3

split-complementary

#B38EEE #EEE38E #99EE8E

monochromatic

#6B24DE #8F59E6 #B38EEE #D7C3F6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B38EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B38EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EEE

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EEE	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89EB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.140 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaff4',
    500: '#b38eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38eee;
$custom-light: #cbaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.125,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71871,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EEE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D61089

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EEE

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

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