#C38CEE#C38CEE

#C38CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.148 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38CEE
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(274, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 38.83, -41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 56.83, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0932 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.148 309)
XYZ	xyz(47.3135, 36.5319, 85.4312)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38CEE #B7EE8C

analogous

#928CEE #C38CEE #EE8CE8

triadic

#C38CEE #EEC38C #8CEEC3

tetradic

#C38CEE #EE928C #B7EE8C #8CE8EE

square

#C38CEE #EE928C #B7EE8C #8CE8EE

split-complementary

#C38CEE #E8EE8C #8CEE92

monochromatic

#8B21DE #A757E6 #C38CEE #DFC1F6 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C38CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C38CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38CEE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38CEE	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9BB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.148 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7aef4',
    500: '#c38cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38cee;
$custom-light: #d7aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.673,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73058,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.36531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38CEE

secondary

#E4F3D8

accent

#D60F67

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38CEE

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

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