#C38BDA#C38BDA

#C38BDA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.126 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38BDA
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(283, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 35.13, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 47.60, 317.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0905 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.126 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3913, 35.1303, 70.7584)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38BDA #A2DA8B

analogous

#9C8BDA #C38BDA #DA8BC9

triadic

#C38BDA #DAC38B #8BDAC3

tetradic

#C38BDA #DA9C8B #A2DA8B #8BC9DA

square

#C38BDA #DA9C8B #A2DA8B #8BC9DA

split-complementary

#C38BDA #C9DA8B #8BDA9C

monochromatic

#8F39B2 #AB5DCB #C38BDA #DBB9E9 #F3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C38BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C38BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38BDA

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38BDA	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C295A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.126 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ade5',
    500: '#c38bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38bda;
$custom-light: #d6ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.532,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71967,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38BDA

secondary

#DCEBD5

accent

#BF2653

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38BDA

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

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