#A88ECD#A88ECD

#A88ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.095 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88ECD
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, 22.28, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 36.46, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0515 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.095 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8386, 32.0786, 61.9968)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88ECD #B3CD8E

analogous

#8E93CD #A88ECD #C78ECD

triadic

#A88ECD #CDA88E #8ECDA8

tetradic

#A88ECD #CD8E93 #B3CD8E #8ECDC7

square

#A88ECD #CD8E93 #B3CD8E #8ECDC7

split-complementary

#A88ECD #CDC78E #93CD8E

monochromatic

#69459C #8764BA #A88ECD #C9B8E0 #E9E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A88ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A88ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88ECD

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88ECD	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A297A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.095 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2afdc',
    500: '#a88ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ecd;
$custom-light: #c2afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.762,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69326,
    "c": 0.09465,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88ECD

secondary

#DDE5D2

accent

#B2347E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88ECD

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

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