#AA8EE6#AA8EE6

#AA8EE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EE6
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 230)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 38.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 28.72, -40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 49.91, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0597 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.128 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5302, 33.6049, 79.1987)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EE6 #CAE68E

analogous

#8E9EE6 #AA8EE6 #D68EE6

triadic

#AA8EE6 #E6AA8E #8EE6AA

tetradic

#AA8EE6 #E68E9E #CAE68E #8EE6D6

square

#AA8EE6 #E68E9E #CAE68E #8EE6D6

split-complementary

#AA8EE6 #E6D68E #9EE68E

monochromatic

#602DCC #845CDB #AA8EE6 #D0C0F1 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA8EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AA8EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EE6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EE6	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9DAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5afee',
    500: '#aa8ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ee6;
$custom-light: #c5afee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70663,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EE6

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CC1A93

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EE6

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

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