#AA8EDE#AA8EDE

#AA8EDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EDE
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 26.81, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 45.65, 305.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.058 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.118 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4324, 33.1658, 73.4173)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EDE #C2DE8E

analogous

#8E9ADE #AA8EDE #D28EDE

triadic

#AA8EDE #DEAA8E #8EDEAA

tetradic

#AA8EDE #DE8E9A #C2DE8E #8EDED2

square

#AA8EDE #DE8E9A #C2DE8E #8EDED2

split-complementary

#AA8EDE #DED28E #9ADE8E

monochromatic

#6537BB #865FD0 #AA8EDE #CEBDEC #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AA8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EDE

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EDE	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09BAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4afe8',
    500: '#aa8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ede;
$custom-light: #c4afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70279,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EDE

secondary

#E7EEDA

accent

#C2238B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EDE

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

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