#C38EE3#C38EE3

#C38EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38EE3
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 35.37, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 50.09, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0882 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.132 312)
XYZ	xyz(46.0414, 36.4949, 77.2769)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38EE3 #AEE38E

analogous

#998EE3 #C38EE3 #E38ED8

triadic

#C38EE3 #E3C38E #8EE3C3

tetradic

#C38EE3 #E3998E #AEE38E #8ED8E3

square

#C38EE3 #E3998E #AEE38E #8ED8E3

split-complementary

#C38EE3 #D8E38E #8EE399

monochromatic

#8E31C6 #A95DD7 #C38EE3 #DDBFEF #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C38EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C38EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38EE3

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38EE3	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09AAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b0ec',
    500: '#c38ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38ee3;
$custom-light: #d6b0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.412,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72881,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.36494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38EE3

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C81E5E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF5FD

border

#D3CFD5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38EE3

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

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