#B38EF8#B38EF8

#B38EF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.153 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EF8
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 248)
HSL	hsl(261, 88%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 42.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 35.56, -48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 59.80, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0734 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.153 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2027, 35.7067, 93.2994)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EF8 #D3F88E

analogous

#8E9EF8 #B38EF8 #E88EF8

triadic

#B38EF8 #F8B38E #8EF8B3

tetradic

#B38EF8 #F88E9E #D3F88E #8EF8E8

square

#B38EF8 #F88E9E #D3F88E #8EF8E8

split-complementary

#B38EF8 #F8E88E #9EF88E

monochromatic

#651BF1 #8C54F4 #B38EF8 #DAC8FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B38EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B38EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EF8

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EF8	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70A1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A0F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.153 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaffb',
    500: '#b38ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ef8;
$custom-light: #ccaffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.943,
    "s": 88.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72376,
    "c": 0.15329,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EF8

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E50195

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EF8

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

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