#A38CD2#A38CD2

#A38CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38CD2
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(260, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, 23.04, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 40.10, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0499 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.104 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1126, 31.1956, 65.0791)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38CD2 #BBD28C

analogous

#8C98D2 #A38CD2 #C68CD2

triadic

#A38CD2 #D2A38C #8CD2A3

tetradic

#A38CD2 #D28C98 #BBD28C #8CD2C6

square

#A38CD2 #D28C98 #BBD28C #8CD2C6

split-complementary

#A38CD2 #D2C68C #98D28C

monochromatic

#6140A4 #8060C1 #A38CD2 #C6B8E3 #E9E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A38CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A38CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38CD2

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38CD2	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B98D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F97D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A97A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfade0',
    500: '#a38cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38cd2;
$custom-light: #bfade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68723,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38CD2

secondary

#E0E7D2

accent

#B72F8A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38CD2

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

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