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#AA8DCC

#aa8dcc ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aa8dcc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 55.29% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.67% cyan, 30.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 267.62°, with 38.18% saturation and 67.65% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.47.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3196

Complementary

  1. #aa8dcc
  2. #afcc8d

Split complementary

  1. #aa8dcc
  2. #ccca8d
  3. #90cc8d

Analogous

  1. #8d90cc
  2. #aa8dcc
  3. #ca8dcc

Triadic

  1. #aa8dcc
  2. #ccaa8d
  3. #8dccaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa8dcc
  2. #cc8daf
  3. #afcc8d
  4. #8dccaa

Square

  1. #aa8dcc
  2. #cc8d90
  3. #afcc8d
  4. #8dccca

Monochromatic

  1. #5d3b85
  2. #8358b4
  3. #aa8dcc
  4. #d1c2e4
  5. #f4f1f9

Shades

#aa8dcc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa8dcc
  2. #997fb8
  3. #8871a3
  4. #77638f
  5. #66557a
  6. #554766
  7. #443852
  8. #332a3d
  9. #221c29
  10. #110e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa8dcc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa8dcc
  2. #b398d1
  3. #bba4d6
  4. #c4afdb
  5. #ccbbe0
  6. #d5c6e6
  7. #ddd1eb
  8. #e6ddf0
  9. #eee8f5
  10. #f7f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa8dcc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa8dcc
  2. #a68cc4
  3. #a28abd
  4. #9d89b5
  5. #9988ae
  6. #9587a6
  7. #91859e
  8. #8d8497
  9. #88838f
  10. #848188
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a094b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8198cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8699ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a596a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9394ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9695cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a793b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa8dcc {
  color: #aa8dcc;
}
Background
.bg-aa8dcc {
  background-color: #aa8dcc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa8dcc {
  border: 2px solid #aa8dcc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa8dcc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 141 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 38% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa8dcc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa8dcc, #ca8dcc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa8dcc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 141 204 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.47 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.06 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.20 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.02 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.74 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.18 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.56 #557233 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#aa8dcc  rgb(170, 141, 204)  hsl(268, 38%, 68%)  Floral Lavender
#afcc8d  rgb(175, 204, 141)  hsl(88, 38%, 68%)  Olivine
#ccaa8d  rgb(204, 170, 141)  hsl(28, 38%, 68%)  Tumbleweed
#8dccaa  rgb(141, 204, 170)  hsl(148, 38%, 68%)  Seafoam Green