#A88DBD#A88DBD

#A88DBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.075 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88DBD
RGB	rgb(168, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(274, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 19.32, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 28.68, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0484 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.075 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8570, 31.0490, 52.2910)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88DBD #A2BD8D

analogous

#908DBD #A88DBD #BD8DBA

triadic

#A88DBD #BDA88D #8DBDA8

tetradic

#A88DBD #BD908D #A2BD8D #8DBABD

square

#A88DBD #BD908D #A2BD8D #8DBABD

split-complementary

#A88DBD #BABD8D #8DBD90

monochromatic

#6B4C83 #8A66A7 #A88DBD #C6B4D3 #E3DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A88DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A88DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88DBD

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88DBD	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6939E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.075 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aed1',
    500: '#a88dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88dbd;
$custom-light: #c2aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68465,
    "c": 0.07532,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88DBD

secondary

#D2DBCB

accent

#A5406C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88DBD

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

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