#A88EA4#A88EA4

#A88EA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.044 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88EA4
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(309, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(309, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 13.70, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 15.83, 329.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.0384 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.044 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5215, 30.3518, 39.2600)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88EA4 #8EA892

analogous

#9F8EA8 #A88EA4 #A88E97

triadic

#A88EA4 #A4A88E #8EA4A8

tetradic

#A88EA4 #A89F8E #8EA892 #8E97A8

square

#A88EA4 #A89F8E #8EA892 #8E97A8

split-complementary

#A88EA4 #97A88E #8EA89F

monochromatic

#6A5266 #8D6C88 #A88EA4 #C3B1C0 #DDD3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A88EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#A88EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88EA4

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88EA4	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D94A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.044 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2afbf',
    500: '#a88ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ea4;
$custom-light: #c2afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67729,
    "c": 0.04383,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88EA4

secondary

#C4CEC5

accent

#975A4E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88EA4

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

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