#AA8CD8#AA8CD8

#AA8CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.113 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CD8
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 26.54, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 43.73, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0594 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.113 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3477, 32.2600, 69.1590)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CD8 #BAD88C

analogous

#8C94D8 #AA8CD8 #D08CD8

triadic

#AA8CD8 #D8AA8C #8CD8AA

tetradic

#AA8CD8 #D88C94 #BAD88C #8CD8D0

square

#AA8CD8 #D88C94 #BAD88C #8CD8D0

split-complementary

#AA8CD8 #D8D08C #94D88C

monochromatic

#693BAE #885EC9 #AA8CD8 #CCBAE7 #EEE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AA8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CD8

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CD8	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B99DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A298A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.113 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aee4',
    500: '#aa8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cd8;
$custom-light: #c4aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69633,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CD8

secondary

#E2EBD5

accent

#BD2982

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CD8

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

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