#AA8CD7#AA8CD7

#AA8CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.112 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CD7
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, 26.31, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 43.20, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0592 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.112 302)
XYZ	xyz(38.2188, 32.2085, 68.4802)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CD7 #B9D78C

analogous

#8C94D7 #AA8CD7 #D08CD7

triadic

#AA8CD7 #D7AA8C #8CD7AA

tetradic

#AA8CD7 #D78C94 #B9D78C #8CD7D0

square

#AA8CD7 #D78C94 #B9D78C #8CD7D0

split-complementary

#AA8CD7 #D7D08C #94D78C

monochromatic

#693CAD #885FC7 #AA8CD7 #CCB9E7 #EDE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AA8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CD7

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CD7	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B99DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A298A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.112 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aee3',
    500: '#aa8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cd7;
$custom-light: #c4aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69586,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.32209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CD7

secondary

#E2EAD5

accent

#BC2A81

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CD7

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

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