#AA72AA#AA72AA

#AA72AA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA72AA
RGB	rgb(170, 114, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 31.38, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 37.77, 326.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.0868 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.104 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8499, 23.4841, 40.9829)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA72AA #72AA72

analogous

#8E72AA #AA72AA #AA728E

triadic

#AA72AA #AAAA72 #72AAAA

tetradic

#AA72AA #AA8E72 #72AA72 #728EAA

square

#AA72AA #AA8E72 #72AA72 #728EAA

split-complementary

#AA72AA #8EAA72 #72AA8E

monochromatic

#653D65 #8B548B #AA72AA #C198C1 #D8BED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#AA72AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#AA72AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA72AA

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA72AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA72AA	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E81AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa72aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 114, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49bc3',
    500: '#aa72aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa72aa;
$custom-light: #c49bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa72aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62946,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA72AA

secondary

#B0C8B0

accent

#C16767

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA72AA

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

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