#A38DCE#A38DCE

#A38DCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.097 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38DCE
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(260, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, 21.53, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 37.30, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0474 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.097 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7673, 31.2924, 62.5362)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38DCE #B8CE8D

analogous

#8D97CE #A38DCE #C38DCE

triadic

#A38DCE #CEA38D #8DCEA3

tetradic

#A38DCE #CE8D97 #B8CE8D #8DCEC3

square

#A38DCE #CE8D97 #B8CE8D #8DCEC3

split-complementary

#A38DCE #CEC38D #97CE8D

monochromatic

#62449D #8062BC #A38DCE #C6B8E0 #E8E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A38DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A38DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38DCE

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38DCE	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E98D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B97A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.097 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaedd',
    500: '#a38dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38dce;
$custom-light: #bfaedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.308,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68731,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38DCE

secondary

#DFE5D1

accent

#B33387

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38DCE

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

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