#AA8BEB#AA8BEB

#AA8BEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.140 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BEB
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 31.63, -44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 54.46, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0647 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.14 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8020, 33.0091, 82.8029)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BEB #CCEB8B

analogous

#8B9CEB #AA8BEB #DA8BEB

triadic

#AA8BEB #EBAA8B #8BEBAA

tetradic

#AA8BEB #EB8B9C #CCEB8B #8BEBDA

square

#AA8BEB #EB8B9C #CCEB8B #8BEBDA

split-complementary

#AA8BEB #EBDA8B #9CEB8B

monochromatic

#5E25D7 #8457E2 #AA8BEB #D0BFF4 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AA8BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AA8BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BEB

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BEB	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.140 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5adf2',
    500: '#aa8beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8beb;
$custom-light: #c5adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.375,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70375,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BEB

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D31395

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BEB

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

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