#AA8EE7#AA8EE7

#AA8EE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.130 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EE7
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 231)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 38.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 28.96, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 50.44, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0599 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.13 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6710, 33.6612, 79.9404)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EE7 #CBE78E

analogous

#8E9EE7 #AA8EE7 #D68EE7

triadic

#AA8EE7 #E7AA8E #8EE7AA

tetradic

#AA8EE7 #E78E9E #CBE78E #8EE7D6

square

#AA8EE7 #E78E9E #CBE78E #8EE7D6

split-complementary

#AA8EE7 #E7D68E #9EE78E

monochromatic

#5F2CCF #845CDC #AA8EE7 #D0C0F2 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA8EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AA8EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EE7

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EE7	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.130 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5afef',
    500: '#aa8ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ee7;
$custom-light: #c5afef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.876,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70712,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EE7

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CD1994

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EE7

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

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