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#aa8dbb

a balanced, soft violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
170, 141, 187
HSL
278°, 25%, 64%
CMYK
9, 25, 0, 27
Luminance
0.3118

Every format

HEX#aa8dbb
RGBrgb(170, 141, 187)
HSLhsl(278, 25%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 25%, 0%, 27%)
LABlab(62.7 19.6 -19.9)
LCHlch(62.7 27.9 314.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.686 0.074 312.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aa8dbb;
background-color: #aa8dbb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aa8dbb] bg-[#aa8dbb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aa8dbb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.667, green: 0.553, blue: 0.733)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aa8dbb")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aa8dbb on white: 2.90:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aa8dbb on black: 7.24:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red66.7%
Green55.3%
Blue73.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.1%
Magenta24.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.7%

Color previews

#aa8dbb text on a black background

contrast 7.24:1

Card sample

#aa8dbb text on a white background

contrast 2.90:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aa8dbb;
Background color
Panel with #aa8dbb background
background-color: #aa8dbb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aa8dbb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(170, 141, 187, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(170, 141, 187, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aa8dbb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa8dbb, #BB8DAD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aa8dbb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aa8dbb in the Color Lab