#C38BEC#C38BEC

#C38BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.147 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38BEC
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(275, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 38.94, -40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 56.46, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0942 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.147 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8758, 36.1241, 83.8438)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38BEC #B4EC8B

analogous

#928BEC #C38BEC #EC8BE4

triadic

#C38BEC #ECC38B #8BECC3

tetradic

#C38BEC #EC928B #B4EC8B #8BE4EC

square

#C38BEC #EC928B #B4EC8B #8BE4EC

split-complementary

#C38BEC #E4EC8B #8BEC92

monochromatic

#8C24D9 #A856E3 #C38BEC #DEC0F5 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C38BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C38BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38BEC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38BEC	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.147 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7aef2',
    500: '#c38bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38bec;
$custom-light: #d7aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.639,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72795,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38BEC

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D41264

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38BEC

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

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