#A88DCD#A88DCD

#A88DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.096 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88DCD
RGB	rgb(168, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 22.84, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 37.10, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0529 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.096 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6905, 31.7824, 61.9475)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88DCD #B2CD8D

analogous

#8D92CD #A88DCD #C88DCD

triadic

#A88DCD #CDA88D #8DCDA8

tetradic

#A88DCD #CD8D92 #B2CD8D #8DCDC8

square

#A88DCD #CD8D92 #B2CD8D #8DCDC8

split-complementary

#A88DCD #CDC88D #92CD8D

monochromatic

#69449B #8862BA #A88DCD #C8B8E0 #E9E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A88DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#A88DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88DCD

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88DCD	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A297A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.096 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aedc',
    500: '#a88dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88dcd;
$custom-light: #c2aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.313,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69138,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88DCD

secondary

#DCE5D1

accent

#B2337D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88DCD

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

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