#AA8DCC#AA8DCC

#AA8DCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.096 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8DCC
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 204)
HSL	hsl(268, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(268, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 30.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 23.24, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 36.73, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.055 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.096 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9994, 31.9556, 61.3339)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8DCC #AFCC8D

analogous

#8D8FCC #AA8DCC #C98DCC

triadic

#AA8DCC #CCAA8D #8DCCAA

tetradic

#AA8DCC #CC8D8F #AFCC8D #8DCCC9

square

#AA8DCC #CC8D8F #AFCC8D #8DCCC9

split-complementary

#AA8DCC #CCC98D #8FCC8D

monochromatic

#6C459A #8A63B9 #AA8DCC #CAB7DF #E9E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AA8DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AA8DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8DCC

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8DCC	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8198CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A596A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.096 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aedb',
    500: '#aa8dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8dcc;
$custom-light: #c4aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.619,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69278,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8DCC

secondary

#DBE4D1

accent

#B13478

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8DCC

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

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