#B38EF6#B38EF6

#B38EF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.151 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EF6
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 246)
HSL	hsl(261, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 42.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 35.08, -47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 58.75, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0731 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.151 299)
XYZ	xyz(44.8941, 35.5832, 91.6740)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EF6 #D1F68E

analogous

#8E9DF6 #B38EF6 #E78EF6

triadic

#B38EF6 #F6B38E #8EF6B3

tetradic

#B38EF6 #F68E9D #D1F68E #8EF6E7

square

#B38EF6 #F68E9D #D1F68E #8EF6E7

split-complementary

#B38EF6 #F6E78E #9DF68E

monochromatic

#671DED #8D55F1 #B38EF6 #D9C7FB #ECE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B38EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B38EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EF6

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EF6	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71A1FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A0F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.151 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaff9',
    500: '#b38ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ef6;
$custom-light: #ccaff9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.346,
    "s": 85.246,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72274,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.35584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EF6

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E20493

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EF6

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

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