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#AA8DC9 Color

#AA8DC9 is rgb(170, 141, 201) in RGB, hsl(269, 36%, 67%) in HSL, and about cmyk(15%, 30%, 0%, 21%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Light Pastel Purple (#B19CD9), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 5.83. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AA8DC9
HEX#AA8DC9
RGBrgb(170, 141, 201)
HSLhsl(269, 36%, 67%)
HSVhsv(269, 30%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 30%, 0%, 21%)
OKLCHoklch(69.1% 0.092 306.2)
LABlab(62.99% 20.02 -27.03)
LCHlch(62.99% 33.64 306.52)

What #AA8DC9 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AA8DC9, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Light Pastel Purple#B19CD9ΔE 5.83Heather#9E7BB5ΔE 6.85African Violet#B284BEΔE 7.06Lavender Purple#967BB6ΔE 7.1Purple Mountain Majesty#9678B6ΔE 8.07Wisteria#C9A0DCΔE 9.32

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#AA8DC9 Channel Values

How #AA8DC9 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 170 · G 141 · B 2018-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 269° · S 36% · L 67%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 269° · S 30% · V 79%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 15% · M 30% · Y 0% · K 21%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance2.85:1 vs white · 7.36:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AA8DC9 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text2.85:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text7.36:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #AA8DC9 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #AA8DC9

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AA8DC9; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#AA8DC9
Complementary
#ACC98D
Analogous
#8D8EC9
Analogous
#C88DC9
Triadic
#C9AA8D
Triadic
#8DC9AA
Split comp.
#C9C88D
Split comp.
#8EC98D

Tints & Shades of #AA8DC9

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#B49AD0
#C1ACD8
#CBBADE
#D8CBE7
#E3D9ED
#F0EAF5

Shades

#936DBA
#7B50AA
#65418B
#4E336C
#37244C
#21152D

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AA8DC9.

How #AA8DC9 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AA8DC9
Protanopia#9292C9
Protanomaly#9C90C9
Deuteranopia#9797C8
Deuteranomaly#9F93C9
Tritanopia#A29696
Tritanomaly#A593AD
Achromatopsia#999999

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AA8DC9 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-aa8dc9: #AA8DC9;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AA8DC9;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aa8dc9': '#AA8DC9' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.667, green: 0.553, blue: 0.788)
Android XML<color name="color_aa8dc9">#AA8DC9</color>
SVG fillfill="#AA8DC9"

More Purple Colors

#AA8DC9 sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

150024fdf8ff170b22fdf4ff1b0d35faf5ff1d0731fae8ff1e0033f6cfff20002ef3e8ff3000524020605414906600cc7008e78806ce9900cca11fffb19cd9c27affcebeefe0b2eb

#AA8DC9 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AA8DC9?

#AA8DC9 is a light purple — rgb(170, 141, 201) in RGB and hsl(269, 36%, 67%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Light Pastel Purple (#B19CD9), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 5.83.

What is the RGB value of #AA8DC9?

#AA8DC9 is rgb(170, 141, 201) — red 170, green 141, and blue 201 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AA8DC9?

#AA8DC9 converts to approximately cmyk(15%, 30%, 0%, 21%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AA8DC9 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AA8DC9 scores 2.85:1 against white and 7.36:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AA8DC9 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AA8DC9 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is plum (#DDA0DD) at a CIE76 distance of 15.72, which is visibly different.

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