#AA8CD5#AA8CD5

#AA8CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.109 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CD5
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(265, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(265, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 25.85, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 42.14, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0587 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.109 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9634, 32.1063, 67.1350)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CD5 #B7D58C

analogous

#8C93D5 #AA8CD5 #CF8CD5

triadic

#AA8CD5 #D5AA8C #8CD5AA

tetradic

#AA8CD5 #D58C93 #B7D58C #8CD5CF

square

#AA8CD5 #D58C93 #B7D58C #8CD5CF

split-complementary

#AA8CD5 #D5CF8C #93D58C

monochromatic

#6A3EA9 #895FC5 #AA8CD5 #CBB9E5 #ECE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AA8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AA8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CD5

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CD5	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C99D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A397A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.109 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aee2',
    500: '#aa8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cd5;
$custom-light: #c4aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.658,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69494,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CD5

secondary

#E0E9D4

accent

#BA2C7F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CD5

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

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