#AA8AE8#AA8AE8

#AA8AE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.137 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AE8
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 40.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 31.47, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 53.50, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0655 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.137 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2281, 32.5489, 80.4915)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AE8 #C8E88A

analogous

#8A99E8 #AA8AE8 #D98AE8

triadic

#AA8AE8 #E8AA8A #8AE8AA

tetradic

#AA8AE8 #E88A99 #C8E88A #8AE8D9

square

#AA8AE8 #E88A99 #C8E88A #8AE8D9

split-complementary

#AA8AE8 #E8D98A #99E88A

monochromatic

#6129CF #8557DE #AA8AE8 #CFBDF2 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA8AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AA8AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AE8

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AE8	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9AAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.137 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5acef',
    500: '#aa8ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ae8;
$custom-light: #c5acef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.426,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70046,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AE8

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CF1690

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AE8

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

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