#AA8DCD#AA8DCD

#AA8DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.097 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8DCD
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(267, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(267, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 23.47, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 37.26, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0552 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.097 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1197, 32.0037, 61.9676)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8DCD #B0CD8D

analogous

#8D90CD #AA8DCD #CA8DCD

triadic

#AA8DCD #CDAA8D #8DCDAA

tetradic

#AA8DCD #CD8D90 #B0CD8D #8DCDCA

square

#AA8DCD #CD8D90 #B0CD8D #8DCDCA

split-complementary

#AA8DCD #CDCA8D #90CD8D

monochromatic

#6C449B #8A62BA #AA8DCD #CAB8E0 #E9E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AA8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AA8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8DCD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8DCD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A596A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.097 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aedc',
    500: '#aa8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8dcd;
$custom-light: #c4aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.188,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69322,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8DCD

secondary

#DCE5D1

accent

#B23379

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8DCD

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

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