#E38CD5#E38CD5

#E38CD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.140 H 332.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38CD5
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(310, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(310, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 6.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 43.64, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 49.61, 331.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.1244 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.14 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0664, 39.8938, 67.8430)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38CD5 #8CE39A

analogous

#C68CE3 #E38CD5 #E38CAA

triadic

#E38CD5 #D5E38C #8CD5E3

tetradic

#E38CD5 #E3C68C #8CE39A #8CAAE3

square

#E38CD5 #E3C68C #8CE39A #8CAAE3

split-complementary

#E38CD5 #AAE38C #8CE3C6

monochromatic

#C530AD #D75BC3 #E38CD5 #EFBDE7 #F9E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E38CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#E38CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38CD5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38CD5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA91A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.140 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edafe2',
    500: '#e38cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38cd5;
$custom-light: #edafe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.655,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75362,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38CD5

secondary

#DAF0DE

accent

#C9391D

background

#FEFAFD

surface

#FDF5FB

border

#D5CFD4

text

#161015

muted

#847F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38CD5

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

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