#A88CE4#A88CE4

#A88CE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.129 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CE4
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 228)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 38.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 28.80, -40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 50.02, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0597 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.129 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5269, 32.6821, 77.6096)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CE4 #C8E48C

analogous

#8C9CE4 #A88CE4 #D48CE4

triadic

#A88CE4 #E4A88C #8CE4A8

tetradic

#A88CE4 #E48C9C #C8E48C #8CE4D4

square

#A88CE4 #E48C9C #C8E48C #8CE4D4

split-complementary

#A88CE4 #E4D48C #9CE48C

monochromatic

#5F2FC7 #835AD8 #A88CE4 #CDBEF0 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A88CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A88CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CE4

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CE4	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9BAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.129 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aeed',
    500: '#a88ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ce4;
$custom-light: #c3aeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70025,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CE4

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CA1C92

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CE4

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

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