#A88EEE#A88EEE

#A88EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.139 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88EEE
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(256, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 30.12, -44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 54.10, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0589 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.139 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2503, 33.8433, 85.2315)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88EEE #D4EE8E

analogous

#8EA4EE #A88EEE #D88EEE

triadic

#A88EEE #EEA88E #8EEEA8

tetradic

#A88EEE #EE8EA4 #D4EE8E #8EEED8

square

#A88EEE #EE8EA4 #D4EE8E #8EEED8

split-complementary

#A88EEE #EED88E #A4EE8E

monochromatic

#5624DE #7F59E6 #A88EEE #D1C3F6 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A88EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A88EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A88EEE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88EEE	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999FB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.139 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aff4',
    500: '#a88eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88eee;
$custom-light: #c4aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70886,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88EEE

secondary

#ECF3D8

accent

#D610A0

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88EEE

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

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