#B38FF5#B38FF5

#B38FF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.148 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38FF5
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 245)
HSL	hsl(261, 84%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 41.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 34.28, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 57.61, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0716 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.148 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8905, 35.8209, 90.9176)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38FF5 #D1F58F

analogous

#8F9EF5 #B38FF5 #E68FF5

triadic

#B38FF5 #F5B38F #8FF5B3

tetradic

#B38FF5 #F58F9E #D1F58F #8FF5E6

square

#B38FF5 #F58F9E #D1F58F #8FF5E6

split-complementary

#B38FF5 #F5E68F #9EF58F

monochromatic

#671FEB #8D57F0 #B38FF5 #D9C7FA #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B38FF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B38FF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38FF5

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38FF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38FF5	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73A1F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA1F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ff5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.148 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb0f9',
    500: '#b38ff5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ff5;
$custom-light: #ccb0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ff5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38FF5

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#E00593

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F5FF

border

#D2CFD7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38FF5

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

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