#A38BBD#A38BBD

#A38BBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.077 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38BBD
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(269, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 18.82, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 29.49, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% 0.0456 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.077 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5205, 29.9261, 52.1446)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38BBD #A5BD8B

analogous

#8B8CBD #A38BBD #BC8BBD

triadic

#A38BBD #BDA38B #8BBDA3

tetradic

#A38BBD #BD8B8C #A5BD8B #8BBDBC

square

#A38BBD #BD8B8C #A5BD8B #8BBDBC

split-complementary

#A38BBD #BDBC8B #8CBD8B

monochromatic

#664B83 #8464A7 #A38BBD #C2B2D3 #E1D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A38BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#A38BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38BBD

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38BBD	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F929D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.077 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beadd1',
    500: '#a38bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38bbd;
$custom-light: #beadd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67619,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38BBD

secondary

#D2DBC9

accent

#A63F75

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38BBD

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

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