#C38BBD#C38BBD

#C38BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38BBD
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(306, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(306, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 3.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 29.46, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 34.31, 329.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0828 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.095 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9229, 33.7429, 52.4916)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38BBD #8BC391

analogous

#AD8BC3 #C38BBD #C38BA1

triadic

#C38BBD #BDC38B #8BBDC3

tetradic

#C38BBD #C3AD8B #8BC391 #8BA1C3

square

#C38BBD #C3AD8B #8BC391 #8BA1C3

split-complementary

#C38BBD #A1C38B #8BC3AD

monochromatic

#8B4884 #AE63A6 #C38BBD #D8B3D4 #EDDCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C38BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#C38BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38BBD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38BBD	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6add1',
    500: '#c38bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38bbd;
$custom-light: #d6add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.429,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70778,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38BBD

secondary

#CCDECE

accent

#AB473B

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38BBD

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

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