#AA8FDB#AA8FDB

#AA8FDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.112 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8FDB
RGB	rgb(170, 143, 219)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 34.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 25.54, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 43.41, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0559 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.112 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1834, 33.3053, 71.3684)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8FDB #C0DB8F

analogous

#8F9ADB #AA8FDB #D08FDB

triadic

#AA8FDB #DBAA8F #8FDBAA

tetradic

#AA8FDB #DB8F9A #C0DB8F #8FDBD0

square

#AA8FDB #DB8F9A #C0DB8F #8FDBD0

split-complementary

#AA8FDB #DBD08F #9ADB8F

monochromatic

#663AB5 #8761CC #AA8FDB #CDBDEA #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AA8FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AA8FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8FDB

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8FDB	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19BAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 143, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.112 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b0e6',
    500: '#aa8fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8fdb;
$custom-light: #c4b0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.316,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70323,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8FDB

secondary

#E6EDD9

accent

#BF2789

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8FDB

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

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