#AA81BE#AA81BE

#AA81BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.099 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA81BE
RGB	rgb(170, 129, 190)
HSL	hsl(280, 32%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 26.99, -25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 37.39, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0692 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.099 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7206, 27.9649, 52.3266)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA81BE #95BE81

analogous

#8C81BE #AA81BE #BE81B3

triadic

#AA81BE #BEAA81 #81BEAA

tetradic

#AA81BE #BE8C81 #95BE81 #81B3BE

square

#AA81BE #BE8C81 #95BE81 #81B3BE

split-complementary

#AA81BE #B3BE81 #81BE8C

monochromatic

#6D4382 #8F59A9 #AA81BE #C5A9D3 #E0D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AA81BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AA81BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA81BE

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA81BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA81BE	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa81be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 129, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.099 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a6d1',
    500: '#aa81be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa81be;
$custom-light: #c4a6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa81be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.328,
    "s": 31.937,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66462,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA81BE

secondary

#CAD8C2

accent

#AB3B5F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA81BE

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

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