#AA8CED#AA8CED

#AA8CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.141 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CED
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(259, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 31.55, -44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 54.89, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0637 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.141 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2381, 33.4162, 84.3817)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CED #CFED8C

analogous

#8C9FED #AA8CED #DB8CED

triadic

#AA8CED #EDAA8C #8CEDAA

tetradic

#AA8CED #ED8C9F #CFED8C #8CEDDB

square

#AA8CED #ED8C9F #CFED8C #8CEDDB

split-complementary

#AA8CED #EDDB8C #9FED8C

monochromatic

#5C22DC #8357E5 #AA8CED #D1C1F5 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AA8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CED

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CED	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.141 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aef3',
    500: '#aa8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ced;
$custom-light: #c5aef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.557,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CED

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D51098

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CED

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

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