#A38BCD#A38BCD

#A38BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.099 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38BCD
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(262, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, 22.44, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 38.05, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.05 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.099 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3540, 30.6595, 61.8011)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38BCD #B5CD8B

analogous

#8B94CD #A38BCD #C48BCD

triadic

#A38BCD #CDA38B #8BCDA3

tetradic

#A38BCD #CD8B94 #B5CD8B #8BCDC4

square

#A38BCD #CD8B94 #B5CD8B #8BCDC4

split-complementary

#A38BCD #CDC48B #94CD8B

monochromatic

#63439B #8160BB #A38BCD #C5B6DF #E7E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A38BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A38BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38BCD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38BCD	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C96D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C95A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.099 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaddc',
    500: '#a38bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38bcd;
$custom-light: #bfaddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68308,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38BCD

secondary

#DDE4D0

accent

#B33384

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38BCD

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

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