#AA8BD2#AA8BD2

#AA8BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.107 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BD2
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(266, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 25.73, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 41.19, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% 0.0594 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.107 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4407, 31.6645, 65.0997)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BD2 #B3D28B

analogous

#8B8FD2 #AA8BD2 #CD8BD2

triadic

#AA8BD2 #D2AA8B #8BD2AA

tetradic

#AA8BD2 #D28B8F #B3D28B #8BD2CD

square

#AA8BD2 #D28B8F #B3D28B #8BD2CD

split-complementary

#AA8BD2 #D2CD8B #8FD28B

monochromatic

#6B3FA3 #8A5FC1 #AA8BD2 #CAB7E3 #EBE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AA8BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#AA8BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BD2

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BD2	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C98D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A496A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.107 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ade0',
    500: '#aa8bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8bd2;
$custom-light: #c4ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.197,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69174,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BD2

secondary

#DEE7D2

accent

#B72E7B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BD2

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

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