#AA8BC2#AA8BC2

#AA8BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.086 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BC2
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(274, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, 22.18, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 32.81, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% 0.0552 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.086 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5461, 30.9067, 55.1215)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BC2 #A3C28B

analogous

#8E8BC2 #AA8BC2 #C28BBE

triadic

#AA8BC2 #C2AA8B #8BC2AA

tetradic

#AA8BC2 #C28E8B #A3C28B #8BBEC2

square

#AA8BC2 #C28E8B #A3C28B #8BBEC2

split-complementary

#AA8BC2 #BEC28B #8BC28E

monochromatic

#6D498A #8D63AD #AA8BC2 #C7B3D7 #E5DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AA8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#AA8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BC2

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BC2	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8295C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8898C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.086 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4add4',
    500: '#aa8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8bc2;
$custom-light: #c4add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.818,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.08611,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BC2

secondary

#D3DECB

accent

#AA3C6C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BC2

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

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