Information about #A88DDD color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #A88DDD reads as a clearly saturated twilight violet and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Light Blue Violet (#AE8BE7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dull Lavender (#A899E6) and Sabrina Violet (#A285D1).
The recipe behind #A88DDD is rgb(168, 141, 221), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #A88DDD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.8:1. No one has named #A88DDD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#A88DDD color variations
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#A88DDD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A88DDD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A88DDD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A88DDD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A88DDD color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A88DDD color
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Nearest named colors to #A88DDD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#AE8BE7
#A899E6
#A285D1
#9F90D0
#AE99D2
#B790D4
#B19CD9
#BA93D8
#968BE7
#9FA2D7
#AAA4E3
#A29ECD
#A88DDD color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A88DDD
- RGB168, 141, 221
- CMYK21, 31, 0, 13
- CSSrgb(168, 141, 221)
- HSL260°, 54%, 71%
- HSL Precise260.25°, 54.054%, 70.98%
- HSV260°, 36%, 87%
- HSB260°, 36%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.553
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.867
- GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.553, 0.867)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.553, 0.867, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.553, 0.867)
- Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB55.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB86.7%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA88DDD
- DECIMAL ID11046365
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers28 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
