#A88CAE#A88CAE

#A88CAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.059 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CAE
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(289, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 16.78, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 21.78, 320.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.0451 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.059 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1655, 30.1375, 44.1062)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CAE #92AE8C

analogous

#978CAE #A88CAE #AE8CA3

triadic

#A88CAE #AEA88C #8CAEA8

tetradic

#A88CAE #AE978C #92AE8C #8CA3AE

square

#A88CAE #AE978C #92AE8C #8CA3AE

split-complementary

#A88CAE #A3AE8C #8CAE97

monochromatic

#6B4F70 #8D6894 #A88CAE #C3B0C7 #DED4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A88CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#A88CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CAE

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CAE	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.059 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2adc6',
    500: '#a88cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88cae;
$custom-light: #c2adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 17.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67693,
    "c": 0.05856,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CAE

secondary

#C7D1C5

accent

#9C4A58

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CAE

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

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