#C38EE2#C38EE2

#C38EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.131 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38EE2
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 35.16, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 49.60, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0879 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.131 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9038, 36.4399, 76.5522)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38EE2 #ADE28E

analogous

#998EE2 #C38EE2 #E28ED7

triadic

#C38EE2 #E2C38E #8EE2C3

tetradic

#C38EE2 #E2998E #ADE28E #8ED7E2

square

#C38EE2 #E2998E #ADE28E #8ED7E2

split-complementary

#C38EE2 #D7E28E #8EE299

monochromatic

#8E32C3 #A95DD6 #C38EE2 #DDBFEE #F2E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C38EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C38EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38EE2

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38EE2	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09AAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.131 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b0eb',
    500: '#c38ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38ee2;
$custom-light: #d6b0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.857,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72836,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38EE2

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C71F5D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF5FD

border

#D3CFD5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38EE2

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

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