#AA8BBD#AA8BBD

#AA8BBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.080 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BBD
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(277, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, 21.11, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 30.24, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0537 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.08 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9940, 30.6858, 52.2137)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BBD #9EBD8B

analogous

#918BBD #AA8BBD #BD8BB7

triadic

#AA8BBD #BDAA8B #8BBDAA

tetradic

#AA8BBD #BD918B #9EBD8B #8BB7BD

square

#AA8BBD #BD918B #9EBD8B #8BB7BD

split-complementary

#AA8BBD #B7BD8B #8BBD91

monochromatic

#6E4B83 #8D64A7 #AA8BBD #C7B2D3 #E3D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AA8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AA8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BBD

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BBD	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.080 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3add1',
    500: '#aa8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8bbd;
$custom-light: #c3add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68273,
    "c": 0.07977,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BBD

secondary

#D0DBC9

accent

#A63F66

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BBD

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

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