#AA8AEC#AA8AEC

#AA8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.143 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AEC
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 32.44, -45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 55.62, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0662 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.143 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8028, 32.7788, 83.5179)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AEC #CCEC8A

analogous

#8A9BEC #AA8AEC #DB8AEC

triadic

#AA8AEC #ECAA8A #8AECAA

tetradic

#AA8AEC #EC8A9B #CCEC8A #8AECDB

square

#AA8AEC #EC8A9B #CCEC8A #8AECDB

split-complementary

#AA8AEC #ECDB8A #9BEC8A

monochromatic

#5E23D8 #8455E3 #AA8AEC #D0BFF5 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AA8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AEC

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AEC	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.143 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5acf2',
    500: '#aa8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aec;
$custom-light: #c5acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.592,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70249,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AEC

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D41195

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AEC

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

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