#AA88EE#AA88EE

#AA88EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.148 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA88EE
RGB	rgb(170, 136, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 42.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 34.05, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 57.93, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0693 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.148 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8107, 32.3270, 84.9620)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA88EE #CCEE88

analogous

#8899EE #AA88EE #DD88EE

triadic

#AA88EE #EEAA88 #88EEAA

tetradic

#AA88EE #EE8899 #CCEE88 #88EEDD

square

#AA88EE #EE8899 #CCEE88 #88EEDD

split-complementary

#AA88EE #EEDD88 #99EE88

monochromatic

#5E1FDC #8452E6 #AA88EE #D0BEF6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AA88EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AA88EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA88EE

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA88EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA88EE	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A9AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7199EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa88ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 136, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.148 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5abf4',
    500: '#aa88ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa88ee;
$custom-light: #c5abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa88ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70001,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA88EE

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D70E94

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA88EE

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

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