#C38BCD#C38BCD

#C38BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38BCD
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(291, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 32.51, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 41.42, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0873 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.112 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7564, 34.4763, 62.1481)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38BCD #95CD8B

analogous

#A28BCD #C38BCD #CD8BB6

triadic

#C38BCD #CDC38B #8BCDC3

tetradic

#C38BCD #CDA28B #95CD8B #8BB6CD

square

#C38BCD #CDA28B #95CD8B #8BB6CD

split-complementary

#C38BCD #B6CD8B #8BCDA2

monochromatic

#8E439B #AD60BB #C38BCD #D9B6DF #EFE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C38BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#C38BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38BCD

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38BCD	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C592A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6addc',
    500: '#c38bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38bcd;
$custom-light: #d6addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.909,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71411,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38BCD

secondary

#D3E4D0

accent

#B33346

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38BCD

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

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