#A888FE

sRGB · 168 / 136 / 254

#A888FE belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 168 red, 136 green and 254 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 256.3° lands in the violet region. Its 98.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 76.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 168, 136, 254
HSL: 256.27°, 98.33%, 76.47%
HSV / HSB: 256.27°, 46.46%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 33.86%, 46.46%, 0.00%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 42.839, 33.089, 97.899
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.233, 37.529, -54.689
WCAG relative luminance: 0.33089
24-bit decimal: 11045118

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A888FE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 7.62:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.76:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DEFE88 sits half a turn (180°) from #A888FE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A888FE #DEFE88

Analogous

#88A3FE and #E388FE sit 30° to either side of #A888FE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#88A3FE #A888FE #E388FE

Triadic

#A888FE, #FEA888 and #88FEA8 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A888FE #FEA888 #88FEA8

Split complementary

Start at #A888FE and look across the wheel. #FEE388 and #A3FE88 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A888FE #FEE388 #A3FE88

Square

Starting with #A888FE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FE88A3, #DEFE88, then #88FEE3. Across the square, #A888FE pairs with #DEFE88, and #FE88A3 with #88FEE3.

#A888FE #FE88A3 #DEFE88 #88FEE3

Tetradic

#A888FE and #DEFE88 are opposites, as are #FE88DE and #88FEA8. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A888FE #FE88DE #DEFE88 #88FEA8

Tints

Mixing #A888FE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B9A0FE, keeps 80% of the original. By #EEE7FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#A888FE #B9A0FE #CBB8FE #DCCFFF #EEE7FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A888FE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #866DCB, keeps 80% of the original. By #221B33, the mixture is 80% black.

#A888FE #866DCB #655298 #433666 #221B33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A888FE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A086E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #888299, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A888FE #A086E5 #9885CC #9083B2 #888299 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A888FE

RGB

rgb(168 136 254)

HSL

hsl(256.271 98.333% 76.471%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A888FE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A888FE uses 168 red, 136 green and 254 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 65.9%

Green 53.3%

Blue 99.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A888FE is 33.9% cyan, 46.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 33.9%

Magenta 46.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA88FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A8F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A888FE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #AA88FF Nearest web-safe · #9999FF

Gradient to complement

#A888FE #B19CEA #BAAFD7 #C3C3C3 #CCD7AF #D5EA9C #DEFE88

Color vision previews

Compare how #A888FE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#609DFF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#659AFB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#949FB7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7E96FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7E95FC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A290E7

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9C9C9C

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A292D4

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.39157 G 0.24620 B 0.99110

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.63883 G 0.53811 B 0.96717

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.36576 G 0.25103 B 0.92693

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.246 y 0.190 Y 33.089

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 34.118 M % 46.667 Y % 0.392

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101000 10001000 11111110