#C38BEE#C38BEE

#C38BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.150 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38BEE
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(274, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 39.38, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 57.45, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0946 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.15 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1680, 36.2410, 85.3827)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38BEE #B6EE8B

analogous

#928BEE #C38BEE #EE8BE8

triadic

#C38BEE #EEC38B #8BEEC3

tetradic

#C38BEE #EE928B #B6EE8B #8BE8EE

square

#C38BEE #EE928B #B6EE8B #8BE8EE

split-complementary

#C38BEE #E8EE8B #8BEE92

monochromatic

#8C21DE #A756E6 #C38BEE #DFC0F6 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C38BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C38BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38BEE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38BEE	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.150 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7aef4',
    500: '#c38bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38bee;
$custom-light: #d7aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.939,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72892,
    "c": 0.14978,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38BEE

secondary

#E4F3D8

accent

#D70F66

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38BEE

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

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