#B38EF5#B38EF5

#B38EF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.149 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EF5
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 245)
HSL	hsl(262, 84%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 42%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 34.84, -46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 58.23, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0729 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.149 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7410, 35.5220, 90.8678)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EF5 #D0F58E

analogous

#8E9CF5 #B38EF5 #E68EF5

triadic

#B38EF5 #F5B38E #8EF5B3

tetradic

#B38EF5 #F58E9C #D0F58E #8EF5E6

square

#B38EF5 #F58E9C #D0F58E #8EF5E6

split-complementary

#B38EF5 #F5E68E #9CF58E

monochromatic

#671EEB #8D56F0 #B38EF5 #D9C6FA #ECE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B38EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B38EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EF5

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EF5	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71A1F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A0F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.149 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaff9',
    500: '#b38ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ef5;
$custom-light: #ccaff9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.553,
    "s": 83.74,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72223,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EF5

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#E00592

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EF5

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

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