#AA8AEE#AA8AEE

#AA8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.145 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AEE
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(259, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 32.93, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 56.68, 305.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0666 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.145 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0950, 32.8956, 85.0568)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AEE #CEEE8A

analogous

#8A9CEE #AA8AEE #DC8AEE

triadic

#AA8AEE #EEAA8A #8AEEAA

tetradic

#AA8AEE #EE8A9C #CEEE8A #8AEEDC

square

#AA8AEE #EE8A9C #CEEE8A #8AEEDC

split-complementary

#AA8AEE #EEDC8A #9CEE8A

monochromatic

#5D20DD #8355E6 #AA8AEE #D1BFF6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AA8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AEE

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AEE	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.145 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5acf4',
    500: '#aa8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aee;
$custom-light: #c5acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70352,
    "c": 0.14529,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AEE

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D70F97

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AEE

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

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