#AA8BE5#AA8BE5

#AA8BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.132 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BE5
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, 30.18, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 51.27, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0636 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.132 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9498, 32.6682, 78.3144)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BE5 #C6E58B

analogous

#8B99E5 #AA8BE5 #D78BE5

triadic

#AA8BE5 #E5AA8B #8BE5AA

tetradic

#AA8BE5 #E58B99 #C6E58B #8BE5D7

square

#AA8BE5 #E58B99 #C6E58B #8BE5D7

split-complementary

#AA8BE5 #E5D78B #99E58B

monochromatic

#632DC9 #8559DA #AA8BE5 #CFBDF0 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AA8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AA8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BE5

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BE5	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.132 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aded',
    500: '#aa8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8be5;
$custom-light: #c5aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70074,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BE5

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CB1A8E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BE5

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

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