#A88BC5#A88BC5

#A88BC5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.089 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88BC5
RGB	rgb(168, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(270, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, 22.19, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 34.18, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0537 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.089 307)
XYZ	xyz(35.4572, 30.8215, 56.8937)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88BC5 #A8C58B

analogous

#8B8BC5 #A88BC5 #C58BC5

triadic

#A88BC5 #C5A88B #8BC5A8

tetradic

#A88BC5 #C58B8B #A8C58B #8BC5C5

square

#A88BC5 #C58B8B #A8C58B #8BC5C5

split-complementary

#A88BC5 #C5C58B #8BC58B

monochromatic

#6B478E #8962B1 #A88BC5 #C7B4D9 #E5DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A88BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#A88BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88BC5

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88BC5	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8096C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8697C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A493A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.089 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2add6',
    500: '#a88bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88bc5;
$custom-light: #c2add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68417,
    "c": 0.08924,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.30821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88BC5

secondary

#D6DFCC

accent

#AC3973

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88BC5

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

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