#C38EF9#C38EF9

#C38EF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.158 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38EF9
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 249)
HSL	hsl(270, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 43%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 40.18, -46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 61.11, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0923 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.158 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2741, 37.7880, 94.3021)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38EF9 #C4F98E

analogous

#8E8FF9 #C38EF9 #F98EF9

triadic

#C38EF9 #F9C38E #8EF9C3

tetradic

#C38EF9 #F98E8F #C4F98E #8EF9F9

square

#C38EF9 #F98E8F #C4F98E #8EF9F9

split-complementary

#C38EF9 #F9F98E #8FF98E

monochromatic

#851AF3 #A454F6 #C38EF9 #E2C8FC #F0E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C38EF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C38EF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38EF9

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38EF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38EF9	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74A4FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A6F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38ef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.158 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b0fb',
    500: '#c38ef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38ef9;
$custom-light: #d7b0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38ef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.72,
    "s": 89.916,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73928,
    "c": 0.15807,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38EF9

secondary

#E6F6D5

accent

#E60074

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF5FF

border

#D3CFD7

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38EF9

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

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