#AA8BC5#AA8BC5

#AA8BC5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.090 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BC5
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(272, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, 22.83, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 34.37, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.056 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.09 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8864, 31.0428, 56.9138)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BC5 #A6C58B

analogous

#8D8BC5 #AA8BC5 #C58BC3

triadic

#AA8BC5 #C5AA8B #8BC5AA

tetradic

#AA8BC5 #C58D8B #A6C58B #8BC3C5

square

#AA8BC5 #C58D8B #A6C58B #8BC3C5

split-complementary

#AA8BC5 #C3C58B #8BC58D

monochromatic

#6D478E #8C62B1 #AA8BC5 #C8B4D9 #E6DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AA8BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#AA8BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BC5

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BC5	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8196C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8798C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A793A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.090 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4add6',
    500: '#aa8bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8bc5;
$custom-light: #c4add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.069,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68604,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BC5

secondary

#D5DFCC

accent

#AC396F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BC5

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

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