#AA79BB#AA79BB

#AA79BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.110 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA79BB
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(285, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 30.88, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 41.18, 318.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.0805 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.11 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3833, 25.8094, 50.2799)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA79BB #8ABB79

analogous

#8979BB #AA79BB #BB79AB

triadic

#AA79BB #BBAA79 #79BBAA

tetradic

#AA79BB #BB8979 #8ABB79 #79ABBB

square

#AA79BB #BB8979 #8ABB79 #79ABBB

split-complementary

#AA79BB #ABBB79 #79BB89

monochromatic

#6B3E7B #8F53A4 #AA79BB #C4A2D0 #DECAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AA79BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AA79BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA79BB

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA79BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA79BB	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7088BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa79bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.110 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a0cf',
    500: '#aa79bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa79bb;
$custom-light: #c4a0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa79bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.545,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64902,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA79BB

secondary

#C2D5BB

accent

#AB3A57

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA79BB

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

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