#E38CD8#E38CD8

#E38CD8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.142 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38CD8
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(308, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(308, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 4.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 44.16, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 50.79, 330.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.1252 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.142 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4507, 40.0476, 69.8669)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38CD8 #8CE397

analogous

#C38CE3 #E38CD8 #E38CAD

triadic

#E38CD8 #D8E38C #8CD8E3

tetradic

#E38CD8 #E3C38C #8CE397 #8CADE3

square

#E38CD8 #E3C38C #8CE397 #8CADE3

split-complementary

#E38CD8 #ADE38C #8CE3C3

monochromatic

#C530B2 #D75BC7 #E38CD8 #EFBDE9 #F9E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E38CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#E38CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38CD8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38CD8	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA91A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.142 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edafe4',
    500: '#e38cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38cd8;
$custom-light: #edafe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.586,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75481,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38CD8

secondary

#DAF0DD

accent

#C9331D

background

#FEFAFD

surface

#FDF5FB

border

#D5CFD4

text

#161015

muted

#847F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38CD8

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

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