#AA8EE8#AA8EE8

#AA8EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.131 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EE8
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 232)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 38.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 29.21, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 50.98, 304.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0601 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.131 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8126, 33.7179, 80.6863)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EE8 #CCE88E

analogous

#8E9FE8 #AA8EE8 #D78EE8

triadic

#AA8EE8 #E8AA8E #8EE8AA

tetradic

#AA8EE8 #E88E9F #CCE88E #8EE8D7

square

#AA8EE8 #E88E9F #CCE88E #8EE8D7

split-complementary

#AA8EE8 #E8D78E #9FE88E

monochromatic

#5E2BD1 #845BDE #AA8EE8 #D0C1F2 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AA8EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AA8EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EE8

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EE8	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.131 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5afef',
    500: '#aa8ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ee8;
$custom-light: #c5afef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70761,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EE8

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CE1795

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EE8

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

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