#C38DEB#C38DEB

#C38DEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.143 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38DEB
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 235)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(274, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 37.63, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 54.70, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0912 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.143 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0232, 36.6506, 83.1782)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38DEB #B5EB8D

analogous

#948DEB #C38DEB #EB8DE4

triadic

#C38DEB #EBC38D #8DEBC3

tetradic

#C38DEB #EB948D #B5EB8D #8DE4EB

square

#C38DEB #EB948D #B5EB8D #8DE4EB

split-complementary

#C38DEB #E4EB8D #8DEB94

monochromatic

#8C26D8 #A859E2 #C38DEB #DEC1F4 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C38DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C38DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38DEB

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38DEB	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.143 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aff2',
    500: '#c38deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38deb;
$custom-light: #d6aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73082,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38DEB

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D21365

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38DEB

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

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