#AA8BDA#AA8BDA

#AA8BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BDA
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, 27.57, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 45.43, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0613 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.117 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4623, 32.0732, 70.4805)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BDA #BBDA8B

analogous

#8B94DA #AA8BDA #D18BDA

triadic

#AA8BDA #DAAA8B #8BDAAA

tetradic

#AA8BDA #DA8B94 #BBDA8B #8BDAD1

square

#AA8BDA #DA8B94 #BBDA8B #8BDAD1

split-complementary

#AA8BDA #DAD18B #94DA8B

monochromatic

#6839B2 #885DCB #AA8BDA #CCB9E9 #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AA8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AA8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BDA

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BDA	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7899DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E99D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A298A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ade5',
    500: '#aa8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8bda;
$custom-light: #c4ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.544,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69543,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BDA

secondary

#E3EBD5

accent

#BF2683

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BDA

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

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