#A88BC2#A88BC2

#A88BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.085 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88BC2
RGB	rgb(168, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(272, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(272, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, 21.53, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 32.60, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0529 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.085 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1169, 30.6854, 55.1014)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88BC2 #A5C28B

analogous

#8C8BC2 #A88BC2 #C28BC0

triadic

#A88BC2 #C2A88B #8BC2A8

tetradic

#A88BC2 #C28C8B #A5C28B #8BC0C2

square

#A88BC2 #C28C8B #A5C28B #8BC0C2

split-complementary

#A88BC2 #C0C28B #8BC28C

monochromatic

#6B498A #8A63AD #A88BC2 #C6B3D7 #E4DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A88BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A88BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88BC2

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88BC2	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8797C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5929E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.085 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2add4',
    500: '#a88bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88bc2;
$custom-light: #c2add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6829,
    "c": 0.08534,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88BC2

secondary

#D4DECB

accent

#AA3C70

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88BC2

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

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