#C38BC2#C38BC2

#C38BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.100 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38BC2
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(301, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(301, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 0.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 30.39, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 36.45, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0843 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.1 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4750, 33.9638, 55.3994)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38BC2 #8BC38C

analogous

#A88BC3 #C38BC2 #C38BA6

triadic

#C38BC2 #C2C38B #8BC2C3

tetradic

#C38BC2 #C3A88B #8BC38C #8BA6C3

square

#C38BC2 #C3A88B #8BC38C #8BA6C3

split-complementary

#C38BC2 #A6C38B #8BC3A8

monochromatic

#8B488A #AE63AD #C38BC2 #D8B3D7 #EDDCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C38BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#C38BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38BC2

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38BC2	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.100 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6add4',
    500: '#c38bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38bc2;
$custom-light: #d6add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.071,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7097,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38BC2

secondary

#CCDECC

accent

#AB3D3B

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FA

border

#D3CED3

text

#141014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38BC2

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

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