#A88EA8#A88EA8

#A88EA8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.048 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88EA8
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 14.46, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 17.60, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.0398 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.048 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8884, 30.4986, 41.1925)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88EA8 #8EA88E

analogous

#9B8EA8 #A88EA8 #A88E9B

triadic

#A88EA8 #A8A88E #8EA8A8

tetradic

#A88EA8 #A89B8E #8EA88E #8E9BA8

square

#A88EA8 #A89B8E #8EA88E #8E9BA8

split-complementary

#A88EA8 #9BA88E #8EA89B

monochromatic

#6A526A #8D6C8D #A88EA8 #C3B1C3 #DDD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A88EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#A88EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88EA8

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88EA8	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.048 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2afc1',
    500: '#a88ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ea8;
$custom-light: #c2afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67867,
    "c": 0.04802,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88EA8

secondary

#C4CEC4

accent

#974E4E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88EA8

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

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