#AA8AFF#AA8AFF

#AA8AFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.167 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AFF
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 255)
HSL	hsl(256, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(256, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 45.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 37.16, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 65.67, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.069 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.167 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7115, 33.9422, 98.8369)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AFF #DFFF8A

analogous

#8AA5FF #AA8AFF #E48AFF

triadic

#AA8AFF #FFAA8A #8AFFAA

tetradic

#AA8AFF #FF8AA5 #DFFF8A #8AFFE4

square

#AA8AFF #FF8AA5 #DFFF8A #8AFFE4

split-complementary

#AA8AFF #FFE48A #A5FF8A

monochromatic

#5110FF #7E4DFF #AA8AFF #D6C7FF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AA8AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AA8AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AFF

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AFF	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#639FFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#689CFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.167 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acff',
    500: '#aa8aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aff;
$custom-light: #c6acff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.41,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71259,
    "c": 0.16736,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AFF

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600A7

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F4FF

border

#D1CED7

text

#131018

muted

#827F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AFF

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

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