#A88CA8#A88CA8

#A88CA8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.052 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CA8
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 15.60, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 18.96, 325.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.043 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.052 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5936, 29.9088, 41.0942)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CA8 #8CA88C

analogous

#9A8CA8 #A88CA8 #A88C9A

triadic

#A88CA8 #A8A88C #8CA8A8

tetradic

#A88CA8 #A89A8C #8CA88C #8C9AA8

square

#A88CA8 #A89A8C #8CA88C #8C9AA8

split-complementary

#A88CA8 #9AA88C #8CA89A

monochromatic

#6A506A #8D6A8D #A88CA8 #C2AFC2 #DDD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A88CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A88CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CA8

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CA8	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.052 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2adc1',
    500: '#a88ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ca8;
$custom-light: #c2adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67475,
    "c": 0.05176,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CA8

secondary

#C3CDC3

accent

#984D4D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CA8

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

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