#A38BED#A38BED

#A38BED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.142 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38BED
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 237)
HSL	hsl(255, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(255, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 41.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, 30.21, -46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 55.29, 303.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0569 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.142 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6191, 32.3655, 84.2642)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38BED #D5ED8B

analogous

#8BA4ED #A38BED #D48BED

triadic

#A38BED #EDA38B #8BEDA3

tetradic

#A38BED #ED8BA4 #D5ED8B #8BEDD4

square

#A38BED #ED8BA4 #D5ED8B #8BEDD4

split-complementary

#A38BED #EDD48B #A4ED8B

monochromatic

#4F22DC #7956E5 #A38BED #CDC0F5 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A38BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A38BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38BED

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38BED	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7199EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.142 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1adf3',
    500: '#a38bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38bed;
$custom-light: #c1adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69861,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38BED

secondary

#ECF3D8

accent

#D510A5

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38BED

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

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