#C38EE8#C38EE8

#C38EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.138 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38EE8
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 232)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 38.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 36.44, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 52.58, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0892 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.138 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7416, 36.7750, 80.9642)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38EE8 #B3E88E

analogous

#968EE8 #C38EE8 #E88EE0

triadic

#C38EE8 #E8C38E #8EE8C3

tetradic

#C38EE8 #E8968E #B3E88E #8EE0E8

square

#C38EE8 #E8968E #B3E88E #8EE0E8

split-complementary

#C38EE8 #E0E88E #8EE896

monochromatic

#8D2BD1 #A85BDE #C38EE8 #DEC1F2 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C38EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C38EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38EE8

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38EE8	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.138 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b0ef',
    500: '#c38ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38ee8;
$custom-light: #d6b0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.333,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38EE8

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CE1763

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF5FD

border

#D3CFD5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38EE8

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

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