#C38ABA#C38ABA

#C38ABA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.094 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38ABA
RGB	rgb(195, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(309, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(309, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 4.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 29.46, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 33.72, 330.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0834 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.094 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4565, 33.3258, 50.7463)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38ABA #8AC393

analogous

#AF8AC3 #C38ABA #C38A9D

triadic

#C38ABA #BAC38A #8ABAC3

tetradic

#C38ABA #C3AF8A #8AC393 #8A9DC3

square

#C38ABA #C3AF8A #8AC393 #8A9DC3

split-complementary

#C38ABA #9DC38A #8AC3AF

monochromatic

#8B4781 #AE62A2 #C38ABA #D8B2D2 #ECDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C38ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#C38ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38ABA

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38ABA	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.094 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6adce',
    500: '#c38aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38aba;
$custom-light: #d6adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70489,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38ABA

secondary

#CBDECE

accent

#AB4C3B

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141013

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38ABA

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

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