#AA8AED#AA8AED

#AA8AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.144 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AED
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(259, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 32.68, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 56.15, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0664 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.144 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9485, 32.8370, 84.2852)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AED #CDED8A

analogous

#8A9BED #AA8AED #DB8AED

triadic

#AA8AED #EDAA8A #8AEDAA

tetradic

#AA8AED #ED8A9B #CDED8A #8AEDDB

square

#AA8AED #ED8A9B #CDED8A #8AEDDB

split-complementary

#AA8AED #EDDB8A #9BED8A

monochromatic

#5E22DB #8355E5 #AA8AED #D1BFF5 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AA8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AED

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AED	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.144 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5acf3',
    500: '#aa8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aed;
$custom-light: #c5acf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.394,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.703,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AED

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D51096

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AED

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

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