#AA79E6#AA79E6

#AA79E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.162 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA79E6
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 230)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(267, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 47.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 40.50, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 63.12, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0883 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.162 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6947, 27.9340, 78.2535)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA79E6 #B5E679

analogous

#797FE6 #AA79E6 #E079E6

triadic

#AA79E6 #E6AA79 #79E6AA

tetradic

#AA79E6 #E6797F #B5E679 #79E6E0

square

#AA79E6 #E6797F #B5E679 #79E6E0

split-complementary

#AA79E6 #E6E079 #7FE679

monochromatic

#6A24C1 #8945DC #AA79E6 #CBADF0 #EBE0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AA79E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AA79E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA79E6

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA79E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA79E6	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#598FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6690E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F8CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa79e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.162 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a1ee',
    500: '#aa79e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa79e6;
$custom-light: #c6a1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa79e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67032,
    "c": 0.16192,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA79E6

secondary

#DFEECD

accent

#D0157C

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA79E6

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

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