#AA72BB#AA72BB

#AA72BB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.122 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA72BB
RGB	rgb(170, 114, 187)
HSL	hsl(286, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 39%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 34.79, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 45.76, 319.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.0911 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.122 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5633, 24.1694, 50.0066)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA72BB #83BB72

analogous

#8672BB #AA72BB #BB72A8

triadic

#AA72BB #BBAA72 #72BBAA

tetradic

#AA72BB #BB8672 #83BB72 #72A8BB

square

#AA72BB #BB8672 #83BB72 #72A8BB

split-complementary

#AA72BB #A8BB72 #72BB86

monochromatic

#6A3A78 #8E4EA2 #AA72BB #C39BCF #DCC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#AA72BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#AA72BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA72BB

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA72BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA72BB	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6783BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa72bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 114, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.122 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49bcf',
    500: '#aa72bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa72bb;
$custom-light: #c49bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa72bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.027,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63694,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA72BB

secondary

#BDD3B6

accent

#CB5D76

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA72BB

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

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