#AA8EE9#AA8EE9

#AA8EE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.132 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EE9
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(258, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(258, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 29.45, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 51.51, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0602 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.132 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9551, 33.7748, 81.4365)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EE9 #CDE98E

analogous

#8E9FE9 #AA8EE9 #D78EE9

triadic

#AA8EE9 #E9AA8E #8EE9AA

tetradic

#AA8EE9 #E98E9F #CDE98E #8EE9D7

square

#AA8EE9 #E98E9F #CDE98E #8EE9D7

split-complementary

#AA8EE9 #E9D78E #9FE98E

monochromatic

#5E29D3 #835BDF #AA8EE9 #D1C1F3 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AA8EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AA8EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EE9

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EE9	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9EB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.132 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aff0',
    500: '#aa8ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ee9;
$custom-light: #c5aff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70811,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EE9

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#CF1696

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EE9

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

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