#C38DBD#C38DBD

#C38DBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.092 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38DBD
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(307, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(307, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 3.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 28.36, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 33.00, 329.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0797 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.092 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2151, 34.3274, 52.5890)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38DBD #8DC393

analogous

#AE8DC3 #C38DBD #C38DA2

triadic

#C38DBD #BDC38D #8DBDC3

tetradic

#C38DBD #C3AE8D #8DC393 #8DA2C3

square

#C38DBD #C3AE8D #8DC393 #8DA2C3

split-complementary

#C38DBD #A2C38D #8DC3AE

monochromatic

#8C4A85 #AE65A6 #C38DBD #D8B5D4 #EDDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C38DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#C38DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38DBD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38DBD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7909E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.092 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6afd1',
    500: '#c38dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38dbd;
$custom-light: #d6afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71132,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38DBD

secondary

#CDDFCF

accent

#AA483C

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38DBD

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

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