#A88AAA#A88AAA

#A88AAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.058 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88AAA
RGB	rgb(168, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(296, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(296, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 17.12, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 21.24, 323.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0468 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.058 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4917, 29.4047, 41.9865)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88AAA #8CAA8A

analogous

#988AAA #A88AAA #AA8A9C

triadic

#A88AAA #AAA88A #8AAAA8

tetradic

#A88AAA #AA988A #8CAA8A #8A9CAA

square

#A88AAA #AA988A #8CAA8A #8A9CAA

split-complementary

#A88AAA #9CAA8A #8AAA98

monochromatic

#6A4E6C #8D688F #A88AAA #C2ADC4 #DDD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A88AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#A88AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88AAA

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88AAA	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.058 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2acc3',
    500: '#a88aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88aaa;
$custom-light: #c2acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67158,
    "c": 0.05771,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88AAA

secondary

#C3CEC2

accent

#9A4B50

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88AAA

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

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