#AA79DD#AA79DD

#AA79DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.151 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA79DD
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(269, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 45.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 38.39, -44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 58.46, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0871 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.151 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4634, 27.4415, 71.7684)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA79DD #ACDD79

analogous

#797ADD #AA79DD #DC79DD

triadic

#AA79DD #DDAA79 #79DDAA

tetradic

#AA79DD #DD797A #ACDD79 #79DDDC

square

#AA79DD #DD797A #ACDD79 #79DDDC

split-complementary

#AA79DD #DDDC79 #7ADD79

monochromatic

#6C2CAF #8B48D1 #AA79DD #C9AAE9 #E8DBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AA79DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AA79DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA79DD

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA79DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA79DD	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa79dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.151 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a0e8',
    500: '#aa79dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa79dd;
$custom-light: #c5a0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa79dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66551,
    "c": 0.15086,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA79DD

secondary

#D9E9C9

accent

#C71E74

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA79DD

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

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