#AA8EE2#AA8EE2

#AA8EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EE2
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 27.76, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 47.78, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0588 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.123 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9749, 33.3828, 76.2743)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EE2 #C6E28E

analogous

#8E9CE2 #AA8EE2 #D48EE2

triadic

#AA8EE2 #E2AA8E #8EE2AA

tetradic

#AA8EE2 #E28E9C #C6E28E #8EE2D4

square

#AA8EE2 #E28E9C #C6E28E #8EE2D4

split-complementary

#AA8EE2 #E2D48E #9CE28E

monochromatic

#6332C3 #855DD6 #AA8EE2 #CFBFEE #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AA8EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AA8EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EE2

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EE2	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9CAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5afeb',
    500: '#aa8ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ee2;
$custom-light: #c5afeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70469,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EE2

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C71F8F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EE2

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

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