#A88BBD#A88BBD

#A88BBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.079 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88BBD
RGB	rgb(168, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(275, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 20.46, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 30.00, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0514 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.079 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5648, 30.4645, 52.1936)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88BBD #A0BD8B

analogous

#8F8BBD #A88BBD #BD8BB9

triadic

#A88BBD #BDA88B #8BBDA8

tetradic

#A88BBD #BD8F8B #A0BD8B #8BB9BD

square

#A88BBD #BD8F8B #A0BD8B #8BB9BD

split-complementary

#A88BBD #B9BD8B #8BBD8F

monochromatic

#6B4B83 #8B64A7 #A88BBD #C5B2D3 #E3D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A88BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A88BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88BBD

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88BBD	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.079 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2add1',
    500: '#a88bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88bbd;
$custom-light: #c2add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.8,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68084,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88BBD

secondary

#D1DBC9

accent

#A63F6B

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88BBD

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

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