#AA79C8#AA79C8

#AA79C8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.125 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA79C8
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(277, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 33.65, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 47.69, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0834 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.125 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8385, 26.3915, 57.9439)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA79C8 #97C879

analogous

#8279C8 #AA79C8 #C879BE

triadic

#AA79C8 #C8AA79 #79C8AA

tetradic

#AA79C8 #C88279 #97C879 #79BEC8

square

#AA79C8 #C88279 #97C879 #79BEC8

split-complementary

#AA79C8 #BEC879 #79C882

monochromatic

#6D3A8D #8E4EB6 #AA79C8 #C6A4DA #E1D0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AA79C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#AA79C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA79C8

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA79C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA79C8	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa79c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.125 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a0d9',
    500: '#aa79c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa79c8;
$custom-light: #c4a0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa79c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.215,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.655,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA79C8

secondary

#CBDDC0

accent

#B53163

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130F14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA79C8

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

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