#A88BEE#A88BEE

#A88BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.143 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88BEE
RGB	rgb(168, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(258, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 31.82, -46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 55.98, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0629 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.143 296)
XYZ	xyz(40.8099, 32.9626, 85.0847)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88BEE #D1EE8B

analogous

#8BA0EE #A88BEE #DA8BEE

triadic

#A88BEE #EEA88B #8BEEA8

tetradic

#A88BEE #EE8BA0 #D1EE8B #8BEEDA

square

#A88BEE #EE8BA0 #D1EE8B #8BEEDA

split-complementary

#A88BEE #EEDA8B #A0EE8B

monochromatic

#5821DE #8056E6 #A88BEE #D0C0F6 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A88BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A88BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88BEE

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88BEE	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.143 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4adf4',
    500: '#a88bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88bee;
$custom-light: #c4adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.576,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7035,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.32963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88BEE

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D70F9C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88BEE

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

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