#AA8CD2#AA8CD2

#AA8CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.105 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CD2
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(266, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 25.16, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 40.55, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.058 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.105 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5861, 31.9554, 65.1482)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CD2 #B4D28C

analogous

#8C91D2 #AA8CD2 #CD8CD2

triadic

#AA8CD2 #D2AA8C #8CD2AA

tetradic

#AA8CD2 #D28C91 #B4D28C #8CD2CD

square

#AA8CD2 #D28C91 #B4D28C #8CD2CD

split-complementary

#AA8CD2 #D2CD8C #91D28C

monochromatic

#6B40A4 #8960C1 #AA8CD2 #CBB8E3 #EBE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AA8CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AA8CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CD2

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CD2	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D98D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A497A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.105 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aee0',
    500: '#aa8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cd2;
$custom-light: #c4aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69358,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CD2

secondary

#DEE7D2

accent

#B72F7C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CD2

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

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