#A88CED#A88CED

#A88CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.141 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CED
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(257, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 31.00, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 54.82, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0614 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.141 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8089, 33.1949, 84.3616)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CED #D1ED8C

analogous

#8CA1ED #A88CED #D98CED

triadic

#A88CED #EDA88C #8CEDA8

tetradic

#A88CED #ED8CA1 #D1ED8C #8CEDD9

square

#A88CED #ED8CA1 #D1ED8C #8CEDD9

split-complementary

#A88CED #EDD98C #A1ED8C

monochromatic

#5822DC #8057E5 #A88CED #D0C1F5 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A88CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A88CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CED

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CED	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.141 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aef3',
    500: '#a88ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ced;
$custom-light: #c4aef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.32,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70477,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CED

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D5109C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CED

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

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