#A38CD9#A38CD9

#A38CD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.113 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38CD9
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(258, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 24.70, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 43.88, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% 0.0515 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.113 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0038, 31.5521, 69.7728)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38CD9 #C2D98C

analogous

#8C9CD9 #A38CD9 #C98CD9

triadic

#A38CD9 #D9A38C #8CD9A3

tetradic

#A38CD9 #D98C9C #C2D98C #8CD9C9

square

#A38CD9 #D98C9C #C2D98C #8CD9C9

split-complementary

#A38CD9 #D9C98C #9CD98C

monochromatic

#5E3AB0 #7E5ECA #A38CD9 #C8BAE8 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A38CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A38CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38CD9

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38CD9	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7999DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9899A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.113 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfade5',
    500: '#a38cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38cd9;
$custom-light: #bfade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.922,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6905,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38CD9

secondary

#E5EBD6

accent

#BE2891

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121015

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38CD9

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

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