#A38BB2#A38BB2

#A38BB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.063 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38BB2
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 16.46, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 23.72, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.0421 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.063 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3714, 29.4664, 46.0931)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38BB2 #9AB28B

analogous

#908BB2 #A38BB2 #B28BAE

triadic

#A38BB2 #B2A38B #8BB2A3

tetradic

#A38BB2 #B2908B #9AB28B #8BAEB2

square

#A38BB2 #B2908B #9AB28B #8BAEB2

split-complementary

#A38BB2 #AEB28B #8BB290

monochromatic

#664E75 #86669A #A38BB2 #C0B0CA #DDD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A38BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#A38BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38BB2

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38BB2	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.063 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beadc9',
    500: '#a38bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38bb2;
$custom-light: #beadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67179,
    "c": 0.0626,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38BB2

secondary

#CBD4C5

accent

#9F4769

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38BB2

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

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