#C38CD2#C38CD2

#C38CD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38CD2
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(287, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(287, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 32.96, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 43.12, 319.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0871 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.116 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5150, 35.0125, 65.4261)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38CD2 #9BD28C

analogous

#A08CD2 #C38CD2 #D28CBE

triadic

#C38CD2 #D2C38C #8CD2C3

tetradic

#C38CD2 #D2A08C #9BD28C #8CBED2

square

#C38CD2 #D2A08C #9BD28C #8CBED2

split-complementary

#C38CD2 #BED28C #8CD2A0

monochromatic

#8E40A4 #AC60C1 #C38CD2 #DAB8E3 #F1E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C38CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#C38CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38CD2

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38CD2	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C494A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aee0',
    500: '#c38cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38cd2;
$custom-light: #d6aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71793,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38CD2

secondary

#D7E7D2

accent

#B72F4C

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38CD2

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

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