#C38EF8#C38EF8

#C38EF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.157 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38EF8
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 248)
HSL	hsl(270, 88%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(270, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 42.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 39.96, -45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 60.61, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0921 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.157 306)
XYZ	xyz(49.1185, 37.7258, 93.4829)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38EF8 #C3F88E

analogous

#8E8EF8 #C38EF8 #F88EF8

triadic

#C38EF8 #F8C38E #8EF8C3

tetradic

#C38EF8 #F88E8E #C3F88E #8EF8F8

square

#C38EF8 #F88E8E #C3F88E #8EF8F8

split-complementary

#C38EF8 #F8F88E #8EF88E

monochromatic

#861BF1 #A454F4 #C38EF8 #E2C8FC #F0E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C38EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C38EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38EF8

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38EF8	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74A3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.157 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b0fb',
    500: '#c38ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38ef8;
$custom-light: #d7b0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 88.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73878,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.37725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38EF8

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E50173

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF5FF

border

#D3CFD7

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38EF8

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

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