#A88EAE#A88EAE

#A88EAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.055 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88EAE
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(289, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 15.65, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 20.43, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.042 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.055 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4603, 30.7273, 44.2045)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88EAE #94AE8E

analogous

#988EAE #A88EAE #AE8EA4

triadic

#A88EAE #AEA88E #8EAEA8

tetradic

#A88EAE #AE988E #94AE8E #8EA4AE

square

#A88EAE #AE988E #94AE8E #8EA4AE

split-complementary

#A88EAE #A4AE8E #8EAE98

monochromatic

#6B5171 #8D6A94 #A88EAE #C3B2C8 #DFD5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A88EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A88EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88EAE

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88EAE	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.055 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2afc6',
    500: '#a88eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88eae;
$custom-light: #c2afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68082,
    "c": 0.05485,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88EAE

secondary

#C8D2C6

accent

#9B4B5A

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88EAE

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

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