#AA87DD#AA87DD

#AA87DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.128 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA87DD
RGB	rgb(170, 135, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 38.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 30.54, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 49.57, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0676 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.128 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2899, 31.0944, 72.3772)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA87DD #BADD87

analogous

#878FDD #AA87DD #D587DD

triadic

#AA87DD #DDAA87 #87DDAA

tetradic

#AA87DD #DD878F #BADD87 #87DDD5

square

#AA87DD #DD878F #BADD87 #87DDD5

split-complementary

#AA87DD #DDD587 #8FDD87

monochromatic

#6934B6 #8857CF #AA87DD #CCB7EB #EEE6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AA87DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AA87DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA87DD

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA87DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA87DD	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7297E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A195A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa87dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 135, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.128 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aae8',
    500: '#aa87dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa87dd;
$custom-light: #c5aae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa87dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.419,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68967,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA87DD

secondary

#E2ECD4

accent

#C32282

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA87DD

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

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