#C38BBB#C38BBB

#C38BBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.093 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38BBB
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(309, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(309, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 4.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 29.09, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 33.48, 330.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0822 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.093 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7073, 33.6567, 51.3562)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38BBB #8BC393

analogous

#AF8BC3 #C38BBB #C38B9F

triadic

#C38BBB #BBC38B #8BBBC3

tetradic

#C38BBB #C3AF8B #8BC393 #8B9FC3

square

#C38BBB #C3AF8B #8BC393 #8B9FC3

split-complementary

#C38BBB #9FC38B #8BC3AF

monochromatic

#8B4882 #AE63A3 #C38BBB #D8B3D3 #EDDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C38BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#C38BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38BBB

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38BBB	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.093 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6adcf',
    500: '#c38bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38bbb;
$custom-light: #d6adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70702,
    "c": 0.09341,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38BBB

secondary

#CCDECE

accent

#AB4B3B

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141013

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38BBB

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

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