#B38FCD#B38FCD

#B38FCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.097 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38FCD
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(275, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 30.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 25.18, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 36.79, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0627 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.097 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4304, 33.6369, 62.1611)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38FCD #A9CD8F

analogous

#948FCD #B38FCD #CD8FC8

triadic

#B38FCD #CDB38F #8FCDB3

tetradic

#B38FCD #CD948F #A9CD8F #8FC8CD

square

#B38FCD #CD948F #A9CD8F #8FC8CD

split-complementary

#B38FCD #C8CD8F #8FCD94

monochromatic

#78469C #9665BA #B38FCD #D0B9E0 #ECE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B38FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B38FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38FCD

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38FCD	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B097A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.097 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab0dc',
    500: '#b38fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38fcd;
$custom-light: #cab0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70536,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38FCD

secondary

#DAE5D2

accent

#B13469

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38FCD

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

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