#AA8CEC#AA8CEC

#AA8CEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.140 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CEC
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(259, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 40.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 31.31, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 54.36, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0635 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.14 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0924, 33.3579, 83.6144)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CEC #CEEC8C

analogous

#8C9EEC #AA8CEC #DA8CEC

triadic

#AA8CEC #ECAA8C #8CECAA

tetradic

#AA8CEC #EC8C9E #CEEC8C #8CECDA

square

#AA8CEC #EC8C9E #CEEC8C #8CECDA

split-complementary

#AA8CEC #ECDA8C #9EEC8C

monochromatic

#5D24DA #8357E3 #AA8CEC #D1C1F5 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AA8CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AA8CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CEC

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CEC	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719DF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.140 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aef2',
    500: '#aa8cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cec;
$custom-light: #c5aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70603,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CEC

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D41297

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CEC

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

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