#AA88CC#AA88CC

#AA88CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.104 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA88CC
RGB	rgb(170, 136, 204)
HSL	hsl(270, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, 26.08, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 39.98, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0623 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.104 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2787, 30.5142, 61.0937)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA88CC #AACC88

analogous

#8888CC #AA88CC #CC88CC

triadic

#AA88CC #CCAA88 #88CCAA

tetradic

#AA88CC #CC8888 #AACC88 #88CCCC

square

#AA88CC #CC8888 #AACC88 #88CCCC

split-complementary

#AA88CC #CCCC88 #88CC88

monochromatic

#6D4198 #8B5DBA #AA88CC #C9B3DE #E7DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AA88CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#AA88CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA88CC

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA88CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA88CC	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A592A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa88cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 136, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.104 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4abdb',
    500: '#aa88cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa88cc;
$custom-light: #c4abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa88cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68354,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA88CC

secondary

#D8E3CD

accent

#B33273

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA88CC

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

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