#AA78DD#AA78DD

#AA78DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.152 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA78DD
RGB	rgb(170, 120, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 45.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 38.95, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 59.09, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0885 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.152 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3425, 27.1997, 71.7281)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA78DD #ABDD78

analogous

#7879DD #AA78DD #DD78DD

triadic

#AA78DD #DDAA78 #78DDAA

tetradic

#AA78DD #DD7879 #ABDD78 #78DDDD

square

#AA78DD #DD7879 #ABDD78 #78DDDD

split-complementary

#AA78DD #DDDD78 #79DD78

monochromatic

#6D2CAF #8B47D1 #AA78DD #C9A9E9 #E8DAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AA78DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AA78DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA78DD

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA78DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA78DD	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A289A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa78dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 120, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.152 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a0e8',
    500: '#aa78dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa78dd;
$custom-light: #c5a0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa78dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.703,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66384,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA78DD

secondary

#D9E9C8

accent

#C71E74

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA78DD

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

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