#C38EF6#C38EF6

#C38EF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.154 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38EF6
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 246)
HSL	hsl(271, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 42.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 39.51, -44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 59.60, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0918 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.154 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8099, 37.6023, 91.8575)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38EF6 #C1F68E

analogous

#8F8EF6 #C38EF6 #F68EF5

triadic

#C38EF6 #F6C38E #8EF6C3

tetradic

#C38EF6 #F68F8E #C1F68E #8EF5F6

square

#C38EF6 #F68F8E #C1F68E #8EF5F6

split-complementary

#C38EF6 #F5F68E #8EF68F

monochromatic

#871DED #A555F1 #C38EF6 #E1C7FB #F0E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C38EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C38EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38EF6

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38EF6	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A3FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.154 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b0f9',
    500: '#c38ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38ef6;
$custom-light: #d7b0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.577,
    "s": 85.246,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73779,
    "c": 0.15445,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38EF6

secondary

#E5F5D6

accent

#E20471

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF5FF

border

#D3CFD7

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38EF6

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

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