#A38BEE#A38BEE

#A38BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.143 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38BEE
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(255, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 30.46, -46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 55.82, 303.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0571 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.143 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7656, 32.4241, 85.0357)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38BEE #D6EE8B

analogous

#8BA5EE #A38BEE #D48BEE

triadic

#A38BEE #EEA38B #8BEEA3

tetradic

#A38BEE #EE8BA5 #D6EE8B #8BEED4

square

#A38BEE #EE8BA5 #D6EE8B #8BEED4

split-complementary

#A38BEE #EED48B #A5EE8B

monochromatic

#4E21DE #7956E6 #A38BEE #CDC0F6 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A38BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A38BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38BEE

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38BEE	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7099EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.143 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1adf4',
    500: '#a38bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38bee;
$custom-light: #c1adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.545,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69913,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38BEE

secondary

#ECF3D8

accent

#D70FA6

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38BEE

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

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