#AA8BE4#AA8BE4

#AA8BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BE4
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 29.94, -40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 50.74, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0634 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.131 299)
XYZ	xyz(39.8106, 32.6125, 77.5812)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BE4 #C5E48B

analogous

#8B99E4 #AA8BE4 #D78BE4

triadic

#AA8BE4 #E4AA8B #8BE4AA

tetradic

#AA8BE4 #E48B99 #C5E48B #8BE4D7

square

#AA8BE4 #E48B99 #C5E48B #8BE4D7

split-complementary

#AA8BE4 #E4D78B #99E48B

monochromatic

#632EC6 #8659D8 #AA8BE4 #CEBDF0 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AA8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AA8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BE4

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BE4	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aded',
    500: '#aa8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8be4;
$custom-light: #c5aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.899,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70025,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.32613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BE4

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CA1C8D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BE4

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

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