#A88BEC#A88BEC

#A88BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.141 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88BEC
RGB	rgb(168, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(258, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(258, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 31.32, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 54.91, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0626 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.141 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5177, 32.8457, 83.5458)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88BEC #CFEC8B

analogous

#8B9EEC #A88BEC #D88BEC

triadic

#A88BEC #ECA88B #8BECA8

tetradic

#A88BEC #EC8B9E #CFEC8B #8BECD8

square

#A88BEC #EC8B9E #CFEC8B #8BECD8

split-complementary

#A88BEC #ECD88B #9EEC8B

monochromatic

#5A24D9 #8156E3 #A88BEC #CFC0F5 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A88BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A88BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88BEC

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88BEC	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.141 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4adf2',
    500: '#a88bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88bec;
$custom-light: #c4adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.938,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70247,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88BEC

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D4129A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88BEC

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

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