#A88CD4#A88CD4

#A88CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.107 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CD4
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(263, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, 25.01, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 41.47, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0561 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.107 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4077, 31.8344, 66.4485)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CD4 #B8D48C

analogous

#8C94D4 #A88CD4 #CC8CD4

triadic

#A88CD4 #D4A88C #8CD4A8

tetradic

#A88CD4 #D48C94 #B8D48C #8CD4CC

square

#A88CD4 #D48C94 #B8D48C #8CD4CC

split-complementary

#A88CD4 #D4CC8C #94D48C

monochromatic

#673EA7 #865FC3 #A88CD4 #CAB9E5 #EBE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A88CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A88CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CD4

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CD4	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C99D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A097A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.107 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aee1',
    500: '#a88cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88cd4;
$custom-light: #c3aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69266,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CD4

secondary

#E0E8D3

accent

#B92D82

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CD4

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

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