#AA8BEE#AA8BEE

#AA8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.144 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8BEE
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(259, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 32.36, -45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 56.05, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0652 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.144 297)
XYZ	xyz(41.2391, 33.1839, 85.1048)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8BEE #CFEE8B

analogous

#8B9EEE #AA8BEE #DC8BEE

triadic

#AA8BEE #EEAA8B #8BEEAA

tetradic

#AA8BEE #EE8B9E #CFEE8B #8BEEDC

square

#AA8BEE #EE8B9E #CFEE8B #8BEEDC

split-complementary

#AA8BEE #EEDC8B #9EEE8B

monochromatic

#5C21DE #8356E6 #AA8BEE #D1C0F6 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AA8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8BEE

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8BEE	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.144 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5adf4',
    500: '#aa8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8bee;
$custom-light: #c5adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.788,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70528,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.33184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8BEE

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D70F98

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8BEE

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

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