#C38CD4#C38CD4

#C38CD4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38CD4
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(286, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(286, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 33.36, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 44.07, 319.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0876 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.118 318)
XYZ	xyz(43.7658, 35.1128, 66.7465)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38CD4 #9DD48C

analogous

#9F8CD4 #C38CD4 #D48CC1

triadic

#C38CD4 #D4C38C #8CD4C3

tetradic

#C38CD4 #D49F8C #9DD48C #8CC1D4

square

#C38CD4 #D49F8C #9DD48C #8CC1D4

split-complementary

#C38CD4 #C1D48C #8CD49F

monochromatic

#8E3EA7 #AC5FC3 #C38CD4 #DAB9E5 #F1E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C38CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#C38CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38CD4

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38CD4	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C395A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aee1',
    500: '#c38cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38cd4;
$custom-light: #d6aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.833,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71878,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.35112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38CD4

secondary

#D8E8D3

accent

#B92D4E

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38CD4

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

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