#AA79DE#AA79DE

#AA79DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.152 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA79DE
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 222)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(269, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 45.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 38.62, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 58.98, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0873 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.152 305)
XYZ	xyz(36.5970, 27.4949, 72.4721)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA79DE #ADDE79

analogous

#797BDE #AA79DE #DD79DE

triadic

#AA79DE #DEAA79 #79DEAA

tetradic

#AA79DE #DE797B #ADDE79 #79DEDD

square

#AA79DE #DE797B #ADDE79 #79DEDD

split-complementary

#AA79DE #DEDD79 #7BDE79

monochromatic

#6C2CB1 #8B48D2 #AA79DE #C9AAEA #E8DBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AA79DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AA79DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA79DE

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA79DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA79DE	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa79de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.152 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a0e9',
    500: '#aa79de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa79de;
$custom-light: #c5a0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa79de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.109,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66603,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.27495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA79DE

secondary

#DAE9C9

accent

#C81D75

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA79DE

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

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