#AA8EDA#AA8EDA

#AA8EDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EDA
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 218)
HSL	hsl(262, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 34.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 25.88, -34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 43.51, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.057 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.112 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9027, 32.9539, 70.6273)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EDA #BEDA8E

analogous

#8E98DA #AA8EDA #D08EDA

triadic

#AA8EDA #DAAA8E #8EDAAA

tetradic

#AA8EDA #DA8E98 #BEDA8E #8EDAD0

square

#AA8EDA #DA8E98 #BEDA8E #8EDAD0

split-complementary

#AA8EDA #DAD08E #98DA8E

monochromatic

#673BB3 #8760CB #AA8EDA #CDBCE9 #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA8EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AA8EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EDA

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EDA	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19AAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4afe5',
    500: '#aa8eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8eda;
$custom-light: #c4afe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70092,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EDA

secondary

#E5ECD8

accent

#BE2787

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EDA

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

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