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Home/Colors/#B38EBB

Nearest named color · #B38EBB

#B38EBB

Nearest named color: Violaceous

#B38EBB (rgb(179 142 187), hsl(289 25% 65%), oklch(0.696 0.077 320.3)) is closest to the named color Violaceous. See tints, shades, harmonies, WCAG & APCA contrast, and CSS, Tailwind v4 & SCSS code.

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#B38EBB

oklch(0.696 0.077 320.3)

Color conversions

HEX
#b38ebb
RGB
rgb(179 142 187)
HSL
hsl(289 25% 65%)
HWB
hwb(289 56% 27%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.696 0.077 320.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.696 0.059 -0.049)
CIE Lab
lab(63.7 20.4 -18.03)
LCH
lch(63.7 27.23 318.5)
CMYK
cmyk(4% 24% 0% 27%)

Tints · Shades · Tones

Tints

  • BB99C2
  • C2A4C9
  • CAAFCF
  • D1BAD6
  • D9C6DD
  • E0D1E4
  • E8DCEB
  • F0E8F1
  • F7F3F8

Shades

  • 9B7BA2
  • 84688A
  • 6E5673
  • 58445C
  • 433446
  • 2F2432
  • 1D151F
  • 0C070D
  • 010102

Tones

  • AE8DB5
  • A98BAF
  • A48AA9
  • 9F89A3
  • 99879D
  • 948697
  • 8F8592
  • 8A838C
  • 858286

Color harmonies

Complementary +180°

  • B38EBB

    Violaceous

  • 84A97C

    ≈ Verdant Haven

Analogous -30° +30°

  • B38EBB

    Violaceous

  • 9C95CA

    ≈ Distinct Purple

  • C28AA4

    ≈ Winsome Rose

Triadic +120° +240°

  • B38EBB

    Violaceous

  • B69866

    ≈ Golden Granola

  • 5FACB0

    ≈ Aquarelle

Split-complementary +150° +210°

  • B38EBB

    Violaceous

  • A0A269

    ≈ Dry Grass

  • 6AAD96

    ≈ Dublin Jack

Tetradic +90° +180° +270°

  • B38EBB

    Violaceous

  • C59072

    ≈ Baker’s Dream

  • 84A97C

    ≈ Verdant Haven

  • 69A6C4

    ≈ Air Blue

Contrast & accessibility

Ag

On white

WCAG 2.79:1 · APCA Lc 54

Fail
Ag

On black

WCAG 7.50:1 · APCA Lc 48

AAA

Best text color: #000000

WCAG 7.50:1 (AAA) · APCA Lc 48

Contrast pairs

  • #B38EBB / #FFFFFF
  • #B38EBB / #000000
  • #FFFFFF / #B38EBB
  • #000000 / #B38EBB

Code snippets

CSS

:root {
  --violaceous: #b38ebb;
  --violaceous-rgb: 179 142 187;
  --violaceous-oklch: oklch(0.696 0.077 320.3);
}

.element {
  color: var(--violaceous);
  background-color: hsl(289 25% 65%);
  border-color: oklch(0.696 0.077 320.3);
}

Tailwind CSS v4

@theme {
  --color-violaceous: #b38ebb;
  --color-violaceous-50: #ffeeff;
  --color-violaceous-100: #f5e0f7;
  --color-violaceous-200: #e4cae8;
  --color-violaceous-300: #cbabcf;
  --color-violaceous-400: #b390bb;
  --color-violaceous-500: #9d75a6;
  --color-violaceous-600: #85648c;
  --color-violaceous-700: #6a4f70;
  --color-violaceous-800: #4e3a54;
  --color-violaceous-900: #36283a;
  --color-violaceous-950: #211624;
}

SCSS

$violaceous: #b38ebb;
$violaceous-rgb: 179, 142, 187;
$violaceous-light: mix(#fff, $violaceous, 20%);
$violaceous-dark: mix(#000, $violaceous, 20%);

.element {
  color: $violaceous;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba($violaceous, 0.35);
}

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  • B68FC3

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  • B393C0

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  • B793C0

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  • AA8CBC

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  • B090B2

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  • B48AC2

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  • AC91B5

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  • B090C7

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