#AA8ECD#AA8ECD

#AA8ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.095 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8ECD
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(267, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(267, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 22.90, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 36.61, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0538 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.095 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2678, 32.2999, 62.0169)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8ECD #B1CD8E

analogous

#8E91CD #AA8ECD #C98ECD

triadic

#AA8ECD #CDAA8E #8ECDAA

tetradic

#AA8ECD #CD8E91 #B1CD8E #8ECDC9

square

#AA8ECD #CD8E91 #B1CD8E #8ECDC9

split-complementary

#AA8ECD #CDC98E #91CD8E

monochromatic

#6B459C #8A64BA #AA8ECD #CAB8E0 #EAE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#AA8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8ECD

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8ECD	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A597A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.095 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4afdc',
    500: '#aa8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ecd;
$custom-light: #c4afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69509,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8ECD

secondary

#DCE5D2

accent

#B2347A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8ECD

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

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