#AA8CD3#AA8CD3

#AA8CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.107 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CD3
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(265, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(265, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 25.39, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 41.08, 308.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0582 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.107 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7111, 32.0054, 65.8063)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CD3 #B5D38C

analogous

#8C92D3 #AA8CD3 #CE8CD3

triadic

#AA8CD3 #D3AA8C #8CD3AA

tetradic

#AA8CD3 #D38C92 #B5D38C #8CD3CE

square

#AA8CD3 #D38C92 #B5D38C #8CD3CE

split-complementary

#AA8CD3 #D3CE8C #92D38C

monochromatic

#6A3FA5 #8960C2 #AA8CD3 #CBB8E4 #EBE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AA8CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AA8CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CD3

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CD3	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D99D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A397A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.107 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aee0',
    500: '#aa8cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cd3;
$custom-light: #c4aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.352,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69403,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CD3

secondary

#DFE8D3

accent

#B82E7D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CD3

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

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