#C38AED#C38AED

#C38AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.150 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38AED
RGB	rgb(195, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(275, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 39.70, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 57.58, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0958 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.15 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8774, 35.8941, 84.5631)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38AED #B4ED8A

analogous

#918AED #C38AED #ED8AE6

triadic

#C38AED #EDC38A #8AEDC3

tetradic

#C38AED #ED918A #B4ED8A #8AE6ED

square

#C38AED #ED918A #B4ED8A #8AE6ED

split-complementary

#C38AED #E6ED8A #8AED91

monochromatic

#8C22DB #A855E5 #C38AED #DEBFF5 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C38AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C38AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38AED

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38AED	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE99B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.150 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7adf3',
    500: '#c38aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38aed;
$custom-light: #d7adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72678,
    "c": 0.15025,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38AED

secondary

#E4F3D8

accent

#D51064

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38AED

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

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