#A88CE6#A88CE6

#A88CE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.131 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CE6
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 230)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 39.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 29.29, -41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 51.09, 304.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0601 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.131 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8061, 32.7938, 79.0802)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CE6 #CAE68C

analogous

#8C9DE6 #A88CE6 #D58CE6

triadic

#A88CE6 #E6A88C #8CE6A8

tetradic

#A88CE6 #E68C9D #CAE68C #8CE6D5

square

#A88CE6 #E68C9D #CAE68C #8CE6D5

split-complementary

#A88CE6 #E6D58C #9DE68C

monochromatic

#5E2CCB #825ADB #A88CE6 #CEBEF1 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A88CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A88CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CE6

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CE6	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9CAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.131 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aeee',
    500: '#a88ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ce6;
$custom-light: #c3aeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70124,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CE6

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CC1995

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CE6

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

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