#A88BCD#A88BCD

#A88BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.100 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88BCD
RGB	rgb(168, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, 23.98, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 38.40, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0559 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.1 304)
XYZ	xyz(36.3983, 31.1979, 61.8500)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88BCD #B0CD8B

analogous

#8B8FCD #A88BCD #C98BCD

triadic

#A88BCD #CDA88B #8BCDA8

tetradic

#A88BCD #CD8B8F #B0CD8B #8BCDC9

square

#A88BCD #CD8B8F #B0CD8B #8BCDC9

split-complementary

#A88BCD #CDC98B #8FCD8B

monochromatic

#69439B #8860BB #A88BCD #C8B6DF #E8E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A88BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A88BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88BCD

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88BCD	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A295A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.100 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2addc',
    500: '#a88bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88bcd;
$custom-light: #c2addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.364,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68765,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.31198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88BCD

secondary

#DBE4D0

accent

#B3337B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88BCD

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

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