#AA81CC#AA81CC

#AA81CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.116 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA81CC
RGB	rgb(170, 129, 204)
HSL	hsl(273, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(273, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 36.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 30.04, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 44.54, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% 0.0726 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.116 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3249, 28.6066, 60.7757)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA81CC #A3CC81

analogous

#8481CC #AA81CC #CC81C8

triadic

#AA81CC #CCAA81 #81CCAA

tetradic

#AA81CC #CC8481 #A3CC81 #81C8CC

square

#AA81CC #CC8481 #A3CC81 #81C8CC

split-complementary

#AA81CC #C8CC81 #81CC84

monochromatic

#6D3D96 #8D55BA #AA81CC #C7ADDE #E5D8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AA81CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AA81CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA81CC

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA81CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA81CC	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa81cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 129, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.116 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a6dc',
    500: '#aa81cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa81cc;
$custom-light: #c4a6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa81cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67089,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA81CC

secondary

#D3E1C8

accent

#B5306D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA81CC

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

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