#A88EE7#A88EE7

#A88EE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.129 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88EE7
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 231)
HSL	hsl(258, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(258, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 38.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, 28.40, -41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 50.36, 304.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0575 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.129 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2418, 33.4399, 79.9202)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88EE7 #CDE78E

analogous

#8EA0E7 #A88EE7 #D48EE7

triadic

#A88EE7 #E7A88E #8EE7A8

tetradic

#A88EE7 #E78EA0 #CDE78E #8EE7D4

square

#A88EE7 #E78EA0 #CDE78E #8EE7D4

split-complementary

#A88EE7 #E7D48E #A0E78E

monochromatic

#5B2CCF #815CDC #A88EE7 #CFC0F2 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A88EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A88EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88EE7

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88EE7	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.129 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3afef',
    500: '#a88ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ee7;
$custom-light: #c3afef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.528,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70535,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88EE7

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CD1998

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88EE7

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

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