#C38BBF#C38BBF

#C38BBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38BBF
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 191)
HSL	hsl(304, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(304, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 2.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 29.83, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 35.15, 328.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0834 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.097 329)
XYZ	xyz(41.1415, 33.8304, 53.6429)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38BBF #8BC38F

analogous

#AB8BC3 #C38BBF #C38BA3

triadic

#C38BBF #BFC38B #8BBFC3

tetradic

#C38BBF #C3AB8B #8BC38F #8BA3C3

square

#C38BBF #C3AB8B #8BC38F #8BA3C3

split-complementary

#C38BBF #A3C38B #8BC3AB

monochromatic

#8B4887 #AE63A9 #C38BBF #D8B3D5 #EDDCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C38BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#C38BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38BBF

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38BBF	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6add2',
    500: '#c38bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38bbf;
$custom-light: #d6add2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70854,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.33829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38BBF

secondary

#CCDECD

accent

#AB433B

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38BBF

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

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