#AA8CD6#AA8CD6

#AA8CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.110 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CD6
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(264, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 26.08, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 42.67, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.059 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.11 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0907, 32.1572, 67.8055)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CD6 #B8D68C

analogous

#8C93D6 #AA8CD6 #CF8CD6

triadic

#AA8CD6 #D6AA8C #8CD6AA

tetradic

#AA8CD6 #D68C93 #B8D68C #8CD6CF

square

#AA8CD6 #D68C93 #B8D68C #8CD6CF

split-complementary

#AA8CD6 #D6CF8C #93D68C

monochromatic

#693DAB #895FC6 #AA8CD6 #CBB9E6 #EDE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AA8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AA8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CD6

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CD6	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B99D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A398A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.110 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aee3',
    500: '#aa8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cd6;
$custom-light: #c4aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6954,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CD6

secondary

#E1EAD4

accent

#BB2B80

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CD6

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

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