#AA88D6#AA88D6

#AA88D6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.117 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA88D6
RGB	rgb(170, 136, 214)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(266, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 36.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 28.34, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 45.24, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.0647 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.117 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5168, 31.0095, 67.6143)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA88D6 #B4D688

analogous

#888DD6 #AA88D6 #D188D6

triadic

#AA88D6 #D6AA88 #88D6AA

tetradic

#AA88D6 #D6888D #B4D688 #88D6D1

square

#AA88D6 #D6888D #B4D688 #88D6D1

split-complementary

#AA88D6 #D6D188 #8DD688

monochromatic

#6B3AA9 #895AC6 #AA88D6 #CBB6E6 #EBE3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AA88D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AA88D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA88D6

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA88D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA88D6	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7696D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D97D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A394A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa88d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 136, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.117 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4abe3',
    500: '#aa88d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa88d6;
$custom-light: #c4abe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa88d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 48.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68812,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA88D6

secondary

#DEE9D1

accent

#BC297C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA88D6

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

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