#AA79AA#AA79AA

#AA79AA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.091 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA79AA
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(300, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 27.45, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 33.11, 325.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0759 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.091 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6699, 25.1241, 41.2563)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA79AA #79AA79

analogous

#9279AA #AA79AA #AA7992

triadic

#AA79AA #AAAA79 #79AAAA

tetradic

#AA79AA #AA9279 #79AA79 #7992AA

square

#AA79AA #AA9279 #79AA79 #7992AA

split-complementary

#AA79AA #92AA79 #79AA92

monochromatic

#674167 #8D598D #AA79AA #C29EC2 #DAC4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AA79AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AA79AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA79AA

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA79AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA79AA	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7685AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa79aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.091 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a0c3',
    500: '#aa79aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa79aa;
$custom-light: #c4a0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa79aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64183,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA79AA

secondary

#B5C9B5

accent

#BF6969

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130F12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA79AA

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

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