#AA85C8#AA85C8

#AA85C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.104 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA85C8
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(273, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 33.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 26.89, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 39.86, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.0658 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.104 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3885, 29.4916, 58.4605)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA85C8 #A3C885

analogous

#8885C8 #AA85C8 #C885C5

triadic

#AA85C8 #C8AA85 #85C8AA

tetradic

#AA85C8 #C88885 #A3C885 #85C5C8

square

#AA85C8 #C88885 #A3C885 #85C5C8

split-complementary

#AA85C8 #C5C885 #85C888

monochromatic

#6D4191 #8D5BB5 #AA85C8 #C7AFDB #E5D9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AA85C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#AA85C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA85C8

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA85C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA85C8	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7992CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8194C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa85c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.104 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a9d9',
    500: '#aa85c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa85c8;
$custom-light: #c4a9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa85c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.134,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67627,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA85C8

secondary

#D3E0C9

accent

#B1356C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA85C8

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

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