#AA8ABB#AA8ABB

#AA8ABB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.079 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8ABB
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(279, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 21.26, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 29.89, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0546 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.079 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6342, 30.3113, 51.0302)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8ABB #9BBB8A

analogous

#918ABB #AA8ABB #BB8AB3

triadic

#AA8ABB #BBAA8A #8ABBAA

tetradic

#AA8ABB #BB918A #9BBB8A #8AB3BB

square

#AA8ABB #BB918A #9BBB8A #8AB3BB

split-complementary

#AA8ABB #B3BB8A #8ABB91

monochromatic

#6E4A80 #8E63A5 #AA8ABB #C6B1D1 #E2D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AA8ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AA8ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8ABB

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8ABB	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A96B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9909B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.079 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3accf',
    500: '#aa8abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8abb;
$custom-light: #c3accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68003,
    "c": 0.07907,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8ABB

secondary

#CED9C8

accent

#A54063

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8ABB

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

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