#B38EFA#B38EFA

#B38EFA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.156 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EFA
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 250)
HSL	hsl(261, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 43.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 36.04, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 60.84, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0737 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.156 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5146, 35.8314, 94.9422)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EFA #D5FA8E

analogous

#8E9FFA #B38EFA #E98EFA

triadic

#B38EFA #FAB38E #8EFAB3

tetradic

#B38EFA #FA8E9F #D5FA8E #8EFAE9

square

#B38EFA #FA8E9F #D5FA8E #8EFAE9

split-complementary

#B38EFA #FAE98E #9FFA8E

monochromatic

#6419F5 #8C53F7 #B38EFA #DAC9FD #EBE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B38EFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B38EFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EFA

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EFA	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6FA2FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76A0F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38efa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.156 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaffc',
    500: '#b38efa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38efa;
$custom-light: #ccaffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38efa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.556,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7248,
    "c": 0.15584,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EFA

secondary

#EBF6D5

accent

#E60097

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EFA

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

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