#AA80E6#AA80E6

#AA80E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.151 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA80E6
RGB	rgb(170, 128, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(265, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 44.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 36.61, -45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 58.74, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0789 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.151 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5765, 29.6975, 78.5474)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA80E6 #BCE680

analogous

#8089E6 #AA80E6 #DD80E6

triadic

#AA80E6 #E6AA80 #80E6AA

tetradic

#AA80E6 #E68089 #BCE680 #80E6DD

square

#AA80E6 #E68089 #BCE680 #80E6DD

split-complementary

#AA80E6 #E6DD80 #89E680

monochromatic

#6827C5 #884DDC #AA80E6 #CCB3F0 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AA80E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AA80E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA80E6

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA80E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA80E6	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6494EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D94E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F92A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa80e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 128, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.151 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a5ee',
    500: '#aa80e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa80e6;
$custom-light: #c5a5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa80e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68203,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA80E6

secondary

#E3EFD3

accent

#CF1683

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA80E6

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

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