#AA8ADE#AA8ADE

#AA8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.124 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8ADE
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(263, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 29.08, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 48.19, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.0636 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.124 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8480, 31.9968, 73.2225)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8ADE #BEDE8A

analogous

#8A94DE #AA8ADE #D48ADE

triadic

#AA8ADE #DEAA8A #8ADEAA

tetradic

#AA8ADE #DE8A94 #BEDE8A #8ADED4

square

#AA8ADE #DE8A94 #BEDE8A #8ADED4

split-complementary

#AA8ADE #DED48A #94DE8A

monochromatic

#6734B9 #875AD1 #AA8ADE #CDBAEB #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AA8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AA8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8ADE

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8ADE	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7599E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A198AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.124 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ace8',
    500: '#aa8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ade;
$custom-light: #c5ace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69553,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8ADE

secondary

#E5EDD6

accent

#C42286

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8ADE

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

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