#AA8AEB#AA8AEB

#AA8AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.141 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AEB
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 32.19, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 55.09, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0661 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.141 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6579, 32.7208, 82.7549)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AEB #CBEB8A

analogous

#8A9AEB #AA8AEB #DA8AEB

triadic

#AA8AEB #EBAA8A #8AEBAA

tetradic

#AA8AEB #EB8A9A #CBEB8A #8AEBDA

square

#AA8AEB #EB8A9A #CBEB8A #8AEBDA

split-complementary

#AA8AEB #EBDA8A #9AEB8A

monochromatic

#5F25D6 #8456E2 #AA8AEB #D0BEF4 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AA8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AEB

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AEB	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.141 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5acf2',
    500: '#aa8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aeb;
$custom-light: #c5acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.794,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70198,
    "c": 0.14137,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AEB

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D31393

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AEB

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

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