#AA8FDD#AA8FDD

#AA8FDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.115 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8FDD
RGB	rgb(170, 143, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 35.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 26.01, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 44.48, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0563 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.115 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4483, 33.4112, 72.7633)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8FDD #C2DD8F

analogous

#8F9BDD #AA8FDD #D18FDD

triadic

#AA8FDD #DDAA8F #8FDDAA

tetradic

#AA8FDD #DD8F9B #C2DD8F #8FDDD1

square

#AA8FDD #DD8F9B #C2DD8F #8FDDD1

split-complementary

#AA8FDD #DDD18F #9BDD8F

monochromatic

#6538B9 #8660CF #AA8FDD #CEBEEB #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA8FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AA8FDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8FDD

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8FDD	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19CAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 143, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.115 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b0e8',
    500: '#aa8fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8fdd;
$custom-light: #c4b0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70415,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8FDD

secondary

#E7EEDA

accent

#C1258B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8FDD

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

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