#C38DCD#C38DCD

#C38DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38DCD
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(291, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 31.41, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 40.12, 321.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0843 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.108 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0486, 35.0608, 62.2455)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38DCD #97CD8D

analogous

#A38DCD #C38DCD #CD8DB7

triadic

#C38DCD #CDC38D #8DCDC3

tetradic

#C38DCD #CDA38D #97CD8D #8DB7CD

square

#C38DCD #CDA38D #97CD8D #8DB7CD

split-complementary

#C38DCD #B7CD8D #8DCDA3

monochromatic

#8E449B #AD62BA #C38DCD #D9B8E0 #F0E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C38DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#C38DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38DCD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38DCD	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C594A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6afdc',
    500: '#c38dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38dcd;
$custom-light: #d6afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.625,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71759,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38DCD

secondary

#D4E5D1

accent

#B23347

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38DCD

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

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