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#A888CA

#a888ca ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a888ca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 53.33% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.83% cyan, 32.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 269.09°, with 38.37% saturation and 66.27% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 5.52.

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Relative luminance0.302

Complementary

  1. #a888ca
  2. #aaca88

Split complementary

  1. #a888ca
  2. #cac988
  3. #89ca88

Analogous

  1. #8889ca
  2. #a888ca
  3. #c988ca

Triadic

  1. #a888ca
  2. #caa888
  3. #88caa8

Tetradic

  1. #a888ca
  2. #ca88aa
  3. #aaca88
  4. #88caa8

Square

  1. #a888ca
  2. #ca8889
  3. #aaca88
  4. #88cac9

Monochromatic

  1. #5b3980
  2. #8153b2
  3. #a888ca
  4. #cfbde2
  5. #f5f1f9

Shades

#a888ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a888ca
  2. #977ab6
  3. #866da2
  4. #765f8d
  5. #655279
  6. #544465
  7. #433651
  8. #32293d
  9. #221b28
  10. #110e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#a888ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a888ca
  2. #b194cf
  3. #b9a0d5
  4. #c2acda
  5. #cbb8df
  6. #d4c4e5
  7. #dccfea
  8. #e5dbef
  9. #eee7f4
  10. #f6f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a888ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a888ca
  2. #a487c3
  3. #a086bb
  4. #9c86b4
  5. #9885ac
  6. #9484a5
  7. #90839e
  8. #8c8296
  9. #88828f
  10. #848187
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d90ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b94cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8196c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a392a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f8fcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9290c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a58eb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a888ca {
  color: #a888ca;
}
Background
.bg-a888ca {
  background-color: #a888ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a888ca {
  border: 2px solid #a888ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a888ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 136 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 38% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a888ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a888ca, #c988ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a888ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 136 202 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.52 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.82 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.30 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.98 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.84 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.08 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.49 #577735 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#a888ca  rgb(168, 136, 202)  hsl(269, 38%, 66%)  Floral Lavender
#aaca88  rgb(170, 202, 136)  hsl(89, 38%, 66%)  Pistachio
#caa888  rgb(202, 168, 136)  hsl(29, 38%, 66%)  Tan
#88caa8  rgb(136, 202, 168)  hsl(149, 38%, 66%)  Medium Aquamarine