#AA90EE#AA90EE

#AA90EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.136 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA90EE
RGB	rgb(170, 144, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 39.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 29.54, -43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 52.92, 303.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0585 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.136 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9797, 34.6651, 85.3517)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA90EE #D4EE90

analogous

#90A5EE #AA90EE #D990EE

triadic

#AA90EE #EEAA90 #90EEAA

tetradic

#AA90EE #EE90A5 #D4EE90 #90EED9

square

#AA90EE #EE90A5 #D4EE90 #90EED9

split-complementary

#AA90EE #EED990 #A5EE90

monochromatic

#5926DE #815BE6 #AA90EE #D3C5F6 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AA90EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#AA90EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA90EE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA90EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA90EE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa90ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 144, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.136 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b0f4',
    500: '#aa90ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa90ee;
$custom-light: #c5b0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa90ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7142,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA90EE

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D6109F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F5FD

border

#D1CFD5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA90EE

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

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