#A88EE3#A88EE3

#A88EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88EE3
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 27.43, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 48.22, 304.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0567 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.124 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6833, 33.2165, 76.9789)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88EE3 #C9E38E

analogous

#8E9EE3 #A88EE3 #D38EE3

triadic

#A88EE3 #E3A88E #8EE3A8

tetradic

#A88EE3 #E38E9E #C9E38E #8EE3D3

square

#A88EE3 #E38E9E #C9E38E #8EE3D3

split-complementary

#A88EE3 #E3D38E #9EE38E

monochromatic

#5E31C6 #825DD7 #A88EE3 #CEBFEF #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A88EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A88EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88EE3

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88EE3	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9CAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3afec',
    500: '#a88ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ee3;
$custom-light: #c3afec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.353,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7034,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88EE3

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C81E94

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88EE3

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

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