#AA8BCB#AA8BCB

#AA8BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.098 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BCB
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(269, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(269, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, 24.15, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 37.51, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0577 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.098 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5876, 31.3233, 60.6068)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BCB #ACCB8B

analogous

#8B8CCB #AA8BCB #CA8BCB

triadic

#AA8BCB #CBAA8B #8BCBAA

tetradic

#AA8BCB #CB8B8C #ACCB8B #8BCBCA

square

#AA8BCB #CB8B8C #ACCB8B #8BCBCA

split-complementary

#AA8BCB #CBCA8B #8CCB8B

monochromatic

#6C4498 #8B61B8 #AA8BCB #C9B5DE #E8E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AA8BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#AA8BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BCB

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BCB	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A594A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.098 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4addb',
    500: '#aa8bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8bcb;
$custom-light: #c4addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.063,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68863,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BCB

secondary

#D9E3CF

accent

#B13475

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BCB

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

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