#A88BE4#A88BE4
#A88BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.130 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A88BE4 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 139, 228) |
| HSL | hsl(260, 62%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(260, 39%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(26.3%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.66, 29.37, -41.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.66, 50.65, 305.44°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.85% 0.0611 -0.1151) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.85% 0.13 298) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.3814, 32.3912, 77.5611) |
| Luminance | 0.3239 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Liliac
#C48EFD
ΔE00 5.78
Pale Purple
#B790D4
ΔE00 5.98
Perrywinkle
#8F8CE7
ΔE00 6.10
Lavender
#B39DDB
ΔE00 6.68
Baby Purple
#CA9BF7
ΔE00 7.04
Lavender (survey)
#C79FEF
ΔE00 7.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A88BE4 #C7E48B
analogous
#8B9BE4 #A88BE4 #D58BE4
triadic
#A88BE4 #E4A88B #8BE4A8
tetradic
#A88BE4 #E48B9B #C7E48B #8BE4D5
square
#A88BE4 #E48B9B #C7E48B #8BE4D5
split-complementary
#A88BE4 #E4D58B #9BE48B
monochromatic
#602EC6 #8359D8 #A88BE4 #CDBDF0 #ECE6F9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.81
#A88BE4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.48
#A88BE4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A88BE4
7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A88BE4 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A88BE4 | 1.00 | 2.81 | 7.48 | 7.48 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#739AE7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7899E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9C9AAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a88be4; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 228); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.130 298.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3aded',
500: '#a88be4',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a88be4; $custom-light: #c3aded; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a88be4",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 139,
"b": 228
},
"hsl": {
"h": 259.551,
"s": 62.238,
"l": 71.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69845,
"c": 0.13026,
"h": 298
},
"luminance": 0.32392
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A88BE4
secondary
#E9F1DA
accent
#CA1C91
background
#FCFAFE
surface
#F8F4FD
border
#D1CED5
text
#131016
muted
#827F84