#AA8EE3#AA8EE3

#AA8EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EE3
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 28.00, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 48.31, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.059 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.124 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1125, 33.4378, 76.9990)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EE3 #C7E38E

analogous

#8E9CE3 #AA8EE3 #D58EE3

triadic

#AA8EE3 #E3AA8E #8EE3AA

tetradic

#AA8EE3 #E38E9C #C7E38E #8EE3D5

square

#AA8EE3 #E38E9C #C7E38E #8EE3D5

split-complementary

#AA8EE3 #E3D58E #9CE38E

monochromatic

#6231C6 #855DD7 #AA8EE3 #CFBFEF #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA8EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AA8EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EE3

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EE3	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9CAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5afec',
    500: '#aa8ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ee3;
$custom-light: #c5afec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.765,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70518,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EE3

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C81E90

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EE3

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

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