#AA8CEF#AA8CEF

#AA8CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.143 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CEF
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 239)
HSL	hsl(258, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(258, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 41.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 32.04, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 55.96, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0641 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.143 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5319, 33.5337, 85.9292)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CEF #D1EF8C

analogous

#8CA0EF #AA8CEF #DC8CEF

triadic

#AA8CEF #EFAA8C #8CEFAA

tetradic

#AA8CEF #EF8CA0 #D1EF8C #8CEFDC

square

#AA8CEF #EF8CA0 #D1EF8C #8CEFDC

split-complementary

#AA8CEF #EFDC8C #A0EF8C

monochromatic

#5B21E0 #8256E8 #AA8CEF #D2C2F6 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA8CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AA8CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CEF

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CEF	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759BEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9EB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.143 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aef4',
    500: '#aa8cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cef;
$custom-light: #c5aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.182,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70756,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CEF

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D80E9B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CEF

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

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