#A88CD8#A88CD8

#A88CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CD8
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, 25.95, -35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 43.61, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0571 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.113 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9185, 32.0388, 69.1389)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CD8 #BCD88C

analogous

#8C96D8 #A88CD8 #CE8CD8

triadic

#A88CD8 #D8A88C #8CD8A8

tetradic

#A88CD8 #D88C96 #BCD88C #8CD8CE

square

#A88CD8 #D88C96 #BCD88C #8CD8CE

split-complementary

#A88CD8 #D8CE8C #96D88C

monochromatic

#663BAE #855EC9 #A88CD8 #CBBAE7 #EDE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A88CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A88CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CD8

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CD8	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A99DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F98A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aee4',
    500: '#a88cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88cd8;
$custom-light: #c3aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6945,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CD8

secondary

#E3EBD5

accent

#BD2986

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#121015

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CD8

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

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