#A38FBB#A38FBB

#A38FBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.067 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38FBB
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 187)
HSL	hsl(267, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(267, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 16.10, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 25.79, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.039 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.067 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8947, 31.0194, 51.2058)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38FBB #A7BB8F

analogous

#8F91BB #A38FBB #B98FBB

triadic

#A38FBB #BBA38F #8FBBA3

tetradic

#A38FBB #BB8F91 #A7BB8F #8FBBB9

square

#A38FBB #BB8F91 #A7BB8F #8FBBB9

split-complementary

#A38FBB #BBB98F #91BB8F

monochromatic

#654E81 #8469A4 #A38FBB #C2B5D2 #E2DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A38FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A38FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38FBB

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38FBB	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.067 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beafcf',
    500: '#a38fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38fbb;
$custom-light: #beafcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68314,
    "c": 0.06731,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38FBB

secondary

#D4DACB

accent

#A34377

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38FBB

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

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