#AA8EDD#AA8EDD

#AA8EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EDD
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 26.58, -36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 45.11, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0577 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.116 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2988, 33.1123, 72.7135)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EDD #C1DD8E

analogous

#8E99DD #AA8EDD #D18EDD

triadic

#AA8EDD #DDAA8E #8EDDAA

tetradic

#AA8EDD #DD8E99 #C1DD8E #8EDDD1

square

#AA8EDD #DD8E99 #C1DD8E #8EDDD1

split-complementary

#AA8EDD #DDD18E #99DD8E

monochromatic

#6538B9 #875FCF #AA8EDD #CDBDEB #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AA8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EDD

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EDD	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19BAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4afe8',
    500: '#aa8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8edd;
$custom-light: #c4afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.266,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70232,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EDD

secondary

#E6EED9

accent

#C1248A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EDD

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

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