#A88CE3#A88CE3

#A88CE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CE3
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(259, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 28.56, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 49.48, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0595 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.127 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3884, 32.6267, 76.8806)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CE3 #C7E38C

analogous

#8C9CE3 #A88CE3 #D38CE3

triadic

#A88CE3 #E3A88C #8CE3A8

tetradic

#A88CE3 #E38C9C #C7E38C #8CE3D3

square

#A88CE3 #E38C9C #C7E38C #8CE3D3

split-complementary

#A88CE3 #E3D38C #9CE38C

monochromatic

#6030C5 #835BD7 #A88CE3 #CDBDEF #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A88CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A88CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CE3

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CE3	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9BAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aeec',
    500: '#a88ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ce3;
$custom-light: #c3aeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.31,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69976,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CE3

secondary

#E9F0DA

accent

#C91D91

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CE3

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

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