#AA8BCD#AA8BCD

#AA8BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.100 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BCD
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(268, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 24.60, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 38.56, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0582 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.1 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8275, 31.4192, 61.8702)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BCD #AECD8B

analogous

#8B8DCD #AA8BCD #CB8BCD

triadic

#AA8BCD #CDAA8B #8BCDAA

tetradic

#AA8BCD #CD8B8D #AECD8B #8BCDCB

square

#AA8BCD #CD8B8D #AECD8B #8BCDCB

split-complementary

#AA8BCD #CDCB8B #8DCD8B

monochromatic

#6C439B #8B60BB #AA8BCD #C9B6DF #E9E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AA8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AA8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BCD

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BCD	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A595A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.100 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4addc',
    500: '#aa8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8bcd;
$custom-light: #c4addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.182,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6895,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BCD

secondary

#DBE4D0

accent

#B33377

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BCD

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

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