#A88CE2#A88CE2

#A88CE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CE2
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 28.32, -39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 48.95, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0593 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.126 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2508, 32.5717, 76.1558)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CE2 #C6E28C

analogous

#8C9BE2 #A88CE2 #D38CE2

triadic

#A88CE2 #E2A88C #8CE2A8

tetradic

#A88CE2 #E28C9B #C6E28C #8CE2D3

square

#A88CE2 #E28C9B #C6E28C #8CE2D3

split-complementary

#A88CE2 #E2D38C #9BE28C

monochromatic

#6031C3 #835BD6 #A88CE2 #CDBDEE #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A88CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A88CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CE2

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CE2	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9BAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aeeb',
    500: '#a88ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ce2;
$custom-light: #c3aeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69927,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CE2

secondary

#E9F0DA

accent

#C71E90

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CE2

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

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