#AA8CD4#AA8CD4

#AA8CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.108 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CD4
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(265, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(265, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, 25.62, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 41.61, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0585 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.108 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8368, 32.0557, 66.4686)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CD4 #B6D48C

analogous

#8C92D4 #AA8CD4 #CE8CD4

triadic

#AA8CD4 #D4AA8C #8CD4AA

tetradic

#AA8CD4 #D48C92 #B6D48C #8CD4CE

square

#AA8CD4 #D48C92 #B6D48C #8CD4CE

split-complementary

#AA8CD4 #D4CE8C #92D48C

monochromatic

#6A3EA7 #895FC3 #AA8CD4 #CBB9E5 #ECE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AA8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AA8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CD4

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CD4	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C99D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A397A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.108 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aee1',
    500: '#aa8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cd4;
$custom-light: #c4aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69449,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CD4

secondary

#E0E8D3

accent

#B92D7E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CD4

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

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