#AA8AEF#AA8AEF

#AA8AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.147 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AEF
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(259, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 33.17, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 57.21, 305.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0667 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.147 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2423, 32.9546, 85.8327)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AEF #CFEF8A

analogous

#8A9DEF #AA8AEF #DD8AEF

triadic

#AA8AEF #EFAA8A #8AEFAA

tetradic

#AA8AEF #EF8A9D #CFEF8A #8AEFDD

square

#AA8AEF #EF8A9D #CFEF8A #8AEFDD

split-complementary

#AA8AEF #EFDD8A #9DEF8A

monochromatic

#5C1FE0 #8354E8 #AA8AEF #D1C0F6 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AA8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AEF

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AEF	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.147 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5acf4',
    500: '#aa8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aef;
$custom-light: #c5acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.01,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70403,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AEF

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D80D98

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AEF

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

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