#B38EF7#B38EF7

#B38EF7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.152 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EF7
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 247)
HSL	hsl(261, 87%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 42.5%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 35.32, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 59.27, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0732 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.152 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0480, 35.6448, 92.4845)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EF7 #D2F78E

analogous

#8E9EF7 #B38EF7 #E88EF7

triadic

#B38EF7 #F7B38E #8EF7B3

tetradic

#B38EF7 #F78E9E #D2F78E #8EF7E8

square

#B38EF7 #F78E9E #D2F78E #8EF7E8

split-complementary

#B38EF7 #F7E88E #9EF78E

monochromatic

#661CEF #8D55F3 #B38EF7 #D9C7FB #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B38EF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B38EF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EF7

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EF7	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70A1FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A0F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ef7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.152 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaffa',
    500: '#b38ef7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ef7;
$custom-light: #ccaffa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ef7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.143,
    "s": 86.777,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72325,
    "c": 0.15201,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EF7

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E30294

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EF7

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

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