#AA8BE2#AA8BE2

#AA8BE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BE2
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 29.46, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 49.68, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.063 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.128 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5345, 32.5021, 76.1275)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BE2 #C3E28B

analogous

#8B98E2 #AA8BE2 #D68BE2

triadic

#AA8BE2 #E2AA8B #8BE2AA

tetradic

#AA8BE2 #E28B98 #C3E28B #8BE2D6

square

#AA8BE2 #E28B98 #C3E28B #8BE2D6

split-complementary

#AA8BE2 #E2D68B #98E28B

monochromatic

#6431C2 #865AD6 #AA8BE2 #CEBCEE #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AA8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BE2

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BE2	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9AAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5adeb',
    500: '#aa8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8be2;
$custom-light: #c5adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.379,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69927,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BE2

secondary

#E8F0D9

accent

#C81E8B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BE2

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

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