#A88AE5#A88AE5

#A88AE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.133 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88AE5
RGB	rgb(168, 138, 229)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 39.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 30.18, -42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 51.81, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0626 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.133 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3765, 32.1586, 78.2463)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88AE5 #C7E58A

analogous

#8A9AE5 #A88AE5 #D58AE5

triadic

#A88AE5 #E5A88A #8AE5A8

tetradic

#A88AE5 #E58A9A #C7E58A #8AE5D5

square

#A88AE5 #E58A9A #C7E58A #8AE5D5

split-complementary

#A88AE5 #E5D58A #9AE58A

monochromatic

#602CC8 #8358DA #A88AE5 #CDBCF0 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A88AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A88AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88AE5

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88AE5	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7799E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 138, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.133 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aced',
    500: '#a88ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ae5;
$custom-light: #c4aced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.78,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69715,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88AE5

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CB1A91

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88AE5

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

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