#A38DCD#A38DCD

#A38DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.095 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38DCD
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, 21.29, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 36.76, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0471 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.095 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6462, 31.2439, 61.8985)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38DCD #B7CD8D

analogous

#8D97CD #A38DCD #C38DCD

triadic

#A38DCD #CDA38D #8DCDA3

tetradic

#A38DCD #CD8D97 #B7CD8D #8DCDC3

square

#A38DCD #CD8D97 #B7CD8D #8DCDC3

split-complementary

#A38DCD #CDC38D #97CD8D

monochromatic

#62449B #8162BA #A38DCD #C5B8E0 #E8E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A38DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A38DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38DCD

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38DCD	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C97A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.095 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaedc',
    500: '#a38dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38dcd;
$custom-light: #bfaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68687,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38DCD

secondary

#DEE5D1

accent

#B23387

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38DCD

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

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