#C38CDA#C38CDA

#C38CDA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38CDA
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 218)
HSL	hsl(282, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 35.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 34.58, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 46.96, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.089 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.125 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5367, 35.4212, 70.8069)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38CDA #A3DA8C

analogous

#9C8CDA #C38CDA #DA8CCA

triadic

#C38CDA #DAC38C #8CDAC3

tetradic

#C38CDA #DA9C8C #A3DA8C #8CCADA

square

#C38CDA #DA9C8C #A3DA8C #8CCADA

split-complementary

#C38CDA #CADA8C #8CDA9C

monochromatic

#8F39B2 #AB5ECB #C38CDA #DBBAE9 #F3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C38CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C38CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38CDA

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38CDA	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C296A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aee5',
    500: '#c38cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38cda;
$custom-light: #d6aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.308,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38CDA

secondary

#DCECD6

accent

#BF2754

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38CDA

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

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