#AA8CD0#AA8CD0

#AA8CD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.103 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CD0
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(266, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 24.71, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 39.49, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0575 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.103 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3385, 31.8564, 63.8441)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CD0 #B2D08C

analogous

#8C90D0 #AA8CD0 #CC8CD0

triadic

#AA8CD0 #D0AA8C #8CD0AA

tetradic

#AA8CD0 #D08C90 #B2D08C #8CD0CC

square

#AA8CD0 #D08C90 #B2D08C #8CD0CC

split-complementary

#AA8CD0 #D0CC8C #90D08C

monochromatic

#6B41A0 #8A61BE #AA8CD0 #CAB7E2 #EAE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AA8CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AA8CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CD0

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CD0	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E98D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A496A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.103 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aede',
    500: '#aa8cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cd0;
$custom-light: #c4aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 41.975,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69269,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CD0

secondary

#DDE6D2

accent

#B5307B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CD0

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

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