#AA8BDB#AA8BDB

#AA8BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.119 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BDB
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(263, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 27.81, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 45.96, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0615 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.119 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5936, 32.1257, 71.1718)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BDB #BCDB8B

analogous

#8B94DB #AA8BDB #D28BDB

triadic

#AA8BDB #DBAA8B #8BDBAA

tetradic

#AA8BDB #DB8B94 #BCDB8B #8BDBD2

square

#AA8BDB #DB8B94 #BCDB8B #8BDBD2

split-complementary

#AA8BDB #DBD28B #94DB8B

monochromatic

#6838B4 #885CCD #AA8BDB #CCBAE9 #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AA8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AA8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BDB

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BDB	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7899DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E99D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A198A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.119 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ade6',
    500: '#aa8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8bdb;
$custom-light: #c4ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.25,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69591,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BDB

secondary

#E3ECD6

accent

#C02584

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BDB

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

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