#AA8EEE#AA8EEE

#AA8EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.139 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EEE
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 30.67, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 54.17, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0612 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.139 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6795, 34.0646, 85.2516)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EEE #D2EE8E

analogous

#8EA2EE #AA8EEE #DA8EEE

triadic

#AA8EEE #EEAA8E #8EEEAA

tetradic

#AA8EEE #EE8EA2 #D2EE8E #8EEEDA

square

#AA8EEE #EE8EA2 #D2EE8E #8EEEDA

split-complementary

#AA8EEE #EEDA8E #A2EE8E

monochromatic

#5A24DE #8259E6 #AA8EEE #D2C3F6 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AA8EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#AA8EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EEE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EEE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9FB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.139 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aff4',
    500: '#aa8eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8eee;
$custom-light: #c5aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71061,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EEE

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D6109C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EEE

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

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