#B38EF2#B38EF2

#B38EF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.146 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EF2
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 242)
HSL	hsl(262, 79%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 41%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 41.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 34.12, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 56.66, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0724 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.146 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2868, 35.3403, 88.4754)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EF2 #CDF28E

analogous

#8E9BF2 #B38EF2 #E58EF2

triadic

#B38EF2 #F2B38E #8EF2B3

tetradic

#B38EF2 #F28E9B #CDF28E #8EF2E5

square

#B38EF2 #F28E9B #CDF28E #8EF2E5

split-complementary

#B38EF2 #F2E58E #9BF28E

monochromatic

#6920E5 #8E57EC #B38EF2 #D8C5F8 #EDE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B38EF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B38EF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EF2

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EF2	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73A0F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79FB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.146 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaff7',
    500: '#b38ef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ef2;
$custom-light: #ccaff7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.2,
    "s": 79.365,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72071,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EF2

secondary

#E9F4D7

accent

#DC0A8E

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FE

border

#D2CED6

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EF2

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

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