#AA8EBD#AA8EBD

#AA8EBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.074 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EBD
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(276, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, 19.41, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 28.24, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0492 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.074 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4343, 31.5665, 52.3605)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EBD #A1BD8E

analogous

#938EBD #AA8EBD #BD8EB8

triadic

#AA8EBD #BDAA8E #8EBDAA

tetradic

#AA8EBD #BD938E #A1BD8E #8EB8BD

square

#AA8EBD #BD938E #A1BD8E #8EB8BD

split-complementary

#AA8EBD #B8BD8E #8EBD93

monochromatic

#6E4D84 #8D67A6 #AA8EBD #C7B5D4 #E4DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AA8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AA8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EBD

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EBD	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.074 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3afd1',
    500: '#aa8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ebd;
$custom-light: #c3afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68843,
    "c": 0.07439,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EBD

secondary

#D2DBCB

accent

#A54169

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EBD

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

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