#A38FCD#A38FCD

#A38FCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.092 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38FCD
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 205)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 30.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, 20.15, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 35.48, 304.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% 0.0442 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.092 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9438, 31.8391, 61.9977)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38FCD #B9CD8F

analogous

#8F9ACD #A38FCD #C28FCD

triadic

#A38FCD #CDA38F #8FCDA3

tetradic

#A38FCD #CD8F9A #B9CD8F #8FCDC2

square

#A38FCD #CD8F9A #B9CD8F #8FCDC2

split-complementary

#A38FCD #CDC28F #9ACD8F

monochromatic

#61469C #8065BA #A38FCD #C6B9E0 #E9E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A38FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A38FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38FCD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38FCD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B99A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.092 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0dc',
    500: '#a38fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38fcd;
$custom-light: #bfb0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69068,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38FCD

secondary

#DFE5D2

accent

#B13489

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38FCD

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

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