#AA79DB#AA79DB

#AA79DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.148 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA79DB
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 44.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 37.93, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 57.43, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0868 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.148 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1985, 27.3355, 70.3734)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA79DB #AADB79

analogous

#7979DB #AA79DB #DB79DB

triadic

#AA79DB #DBAA79 #79DBAA

tetradic

#AA79DB #DB7979 #AADB79 #79DBDB

square

#AA79DB #DB7979 #AADB79 #79DBDB

split-complementary

#AA79DB #DBDB79 #79DB79

monochromatic

#6D2EAC #8B49CE #AA79DB #C9A9E8 #E7D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AA79DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AA79DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA79DB

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA79DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA79DB	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#608DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A289A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa79db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.148 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a0e6',
    500: '#aa79db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa79db;
$custom-light: #c5a0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa79db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66446,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA79DB

secondary

#D8E8C8

accent

#C52073

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA79DB

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

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