#AA72BE#AA72BE

#AA72BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.126 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA72BE
RGB	rgb(170, 114, 190)
HSL	hsl(284, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 40%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 35.42, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 47.23, 318.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.0917 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.126 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8878, 24.2992, 51.7157)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA72BE #86BE72

analogous

#8472BE #AA72BE #BE72AC

triadic

#AA72BE #BEAA72 #72BEAA

tetradic

#AA72BE #BE8472 #86BE72 #72ACBE

square

#AA72BE #BE8472 #86BE72 #72ACBE

split-complementary

#AA72BE #ACBE72 #72BE84

monochromatic

#6B397C #8F4DA6 #AA72BE #C39CD1 #DDC6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#AA72BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#AA72BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA72BE

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA72BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA72BE	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6684C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa72be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 114, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.126 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49bd2',
    500: '#aa72be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa72be;
$custom-light: #c49bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa72be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63834,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA72BE

secondary

#BFD5B7

accent

#CD5B79

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA72BE

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

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