#A88CD9#A88CD9

#A88CD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CD9
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 26.18, -35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 44.14, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0573 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.114 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0482, 32.0906, 69.8218)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CD9 #BDD98C

analogous

#8C97D9 #A88CD9 #CE8CD9

triadic

#A88CD9 #D9A88C #8CD9A8

tetradic

#A88CD9 #D98C97 #BDD98C #8CD9CE

square

#A88CD9 #D98C97 #BDD98C #8CD9CE

split-complementary

#A88CD9 #D9CE8C #97D98C

monochromatic

#653AB0 #855ECA #A88CD9 #CBBAE8 #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A88CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A88CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CD9

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CD9	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A99DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F98A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aee5',
    500: '#a88cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88cd9;
$custom-light: #c3aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69497,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CD9

secondary

#E3EBD6

accent

#BE2887

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CD9

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

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