#A38ABC#A38ABC

#A38ABC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.077 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38ABC
RGB	rgb(163, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 19.17, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 29.62, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0468 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.077 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2682, 29.5945, 51.5269)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38ABC #A3BC8A

analogous

#8A8ABC #A38ABC #BC8ABC

triadic

#A38ABC #BCA38A #8ABCA3

tetradic

#A38ABC #BC8A8A #A3BC8A #8ABCBC

square

#A38ABC #BC8A8A #A3BC8A #8ABCBC

split-complementary

#A38ABC #BCBC8A #8ABC8A

monochromatic

#664A81 #8463A6 #A38ABC #C2B1D2 #E0D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A38ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A38ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38ABC

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38ABC	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0919C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.077 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beacd0',
    500: '#a38abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38abc;
$custom-light: #beacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67385,
    "c": 0.07742,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38ABC

secondary

#D1DAC8

accent

#A64073

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38ABC

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

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