#A88CAA#A88CAA

#A88CAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.054 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CAA
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(296, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(296, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, 15.99, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 19.88, 323.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% 0.0437 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.054 324)
XYZ	xyz(32.7813, 29.9839, 42.0830)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CAA #8EAA8C

analogous

#998CAA #A88CAA #AA8C9D

triadic

#A88CAA #AAA88C #8CAAA8

tetradic

#A88CAA #AA998C #8EAA8C #8C9DAA

square

#A88CAA #AA998C #8EAA8C #8C9DAA

split-complementary

#A88CAA #9DAA8C #8CAA99

monochromatic

#6A506C #8D6A8F #A88CAA #C3AFC4 #DDD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A88CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#A88CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CAA

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CAA	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.054 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2adc3',
    500: '#a88caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88caa;
$custom-light: #c2adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67547,
    "c": 0.05396,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.29983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CAA

secondary

#C4CFC3

accent

#994C51

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CAA

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

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