#A38ECE#A38ECE

#A38ECE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.095 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38ECE
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 206)
HSL	hsl(260, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 31%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 31.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, 20.96, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 36.66, 304.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.046 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.095 299)
XYZ	xyz(35.9154, 31.5886, 62.5856)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38ECE #B9CE8E

analogous

#8E99CE #A38ECE #C38ECE

triadic

#A38ECE #CEA38E #8ECEA3

tetradic

#A38ECE #CE8E99 #B9CE8E #8ECEC3

square

#A38ECE #CE8E99 #B9CE8E #8ECEC3

split-complementary

#A38ECE #CEC38E #99CE8E

monochromatic

#61449D #8063BB #A38ECE #C6B9E1 #E9E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A38ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A38ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38ECE

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38ECE	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B98A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.095 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfafdd',
    500: '#a38ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38ece;
$custom-light: #bfafdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.688,
    "s": 39.506,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68921,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.31589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38ECE

secondary

#DFE6D2

accent

#B23389

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38ECE

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

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