#AA8CDC#AA8CDC

#AA8CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.118 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CDC
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(263, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 27.48, -36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 45.85, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0603 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.118 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8711, 32.4694, 71.9156)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CDC #BEDC8C

analogous

#8C96DC #AA8CDC #D28CDC

triadic

#AA8CDC #DCAA8C #8CDCAA

tetradic

#AA8CDC #DC8C96 #BEDC8C #8CDCD2

square

#AA8CDC #DC8C96 #BEDC8C #8CDCD2

split-complementary

#AA8CDC #DCD28C #96DC8C

monochromatic

#6737B6 #875DCE #AA8CDC #CDBBEA #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AA8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CDC

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CDC	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A199AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.118 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aee7',
    500: '#aa8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cdc;
$custom-light: #c4aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6982,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CDC

secondary

#E5EDD7

accent

#C12586

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CDC

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

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