#A38CE4#A38CE4

#A38CE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.128 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38CE4
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 228)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(256, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 38.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, 27.39, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 49.82, 303.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0539 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.128 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4825, 32.1436, 77.5606)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38CE4 #CDE48C

analogous

#8CA1E4 #A38CE4 #CF8CE4

triadic

#A38CE4 #E4A38C #8CE4A3

tetradic

#A38CE4 #E48CA1 #CDE48C #8CE4CF

square

#A38CE4 #E48CA1 #CDE48C #8CE4CF

split-complementary

#A38CE4 #E4CF8C #A1E48C

monochromatic

#562FC7 #7B5AD8 #A38CE4 #CBBEF0 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A38CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A38CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38CE4

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38CE4	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7798E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959BAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.128 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aded',
    500: '#a38ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38ce4;
$custom-light: #c0aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.682,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69584,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38CE4

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CA1C9C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38CE4

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

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