#B38FDA#B38FDA

#B38FDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.113 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38FDA
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 218)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 34.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 28.02, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 43.49, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0661 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.113 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0653, 34.2908, 70.7715)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38FDA #B6DA8F

analogous

#8F90DA #B38FDA #D88FDA

triadic

#B38FDA #DAB38F #8FDAB3

tetradic

#B38FDA #DA8F90 #B6DA8F #8FDAD8

square

#B38FDA #DA8F90 #B6DA8F #8FDAD8

split-complementary

#B38FDA #DAD88F #90DA8F

monochromatic

#753BB3 #9461CB #B38FDA #D2BDE9 #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B38FDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B38FDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38FDA

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38FDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38FDA	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9AAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38fda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.113 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb0e5',
    500: '#b38fda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38fda;
$custom-light: #cbb0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38fda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 50.336,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71103,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38FDA

secondary

#E3ECD8

accent

#BE2876

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38FDA

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

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