#AA88DD#AA88DD

#AA88DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.126 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA88DD
RGB	rgb(170, 136, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 38.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 29.97, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 48.94, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0662 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.126 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4300, 31.3748, 72.4239)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA88DD #BBDD88

analogous

#8890DD #AA88DD #D588DD

triadic

#AA88DD #DDAA88 #88DDAA

tetradic

#AA88DD #DD8890 #BBDD88 #88DDD5

square

#AA88DD #DD8890 #BBDD88 #88DDD5

split-complementary

#AA88DD #DDD588 #90DD88

monochromatic

#6834B6 #8858CF #AA88DD #CCB8EB #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AA88DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#AA88DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA88DD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA88DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA88DD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7397E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A196A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa88dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 136, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.126 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5abe8',
    500: '#aa88dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa88dd;
$custom-light: #c5abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa88dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69146,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA88DD

secondary

#E3ECD4

accent

#C32283

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA88DD

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

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