#AA83AA#AA83AA

#AA83AA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.072 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA83AA
RGB	rgb(170, 131, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 19%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(300, 23%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 21.79, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 26.38, 325.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% 0.0601 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.072 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9488, 27.6818, 41.6825)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA83AA #83AA83

analogous

#9783AA #AA83AA #AA8397

triadic

#AA83AA #AAAA83 #83AAAA

tetradic

#AA83AA #AA9783 #83AA83 #8397AA

square

#AA83AA #AA9783 #83AA83 #8397AA

split-complementary

#AA83AA #97AA83 #83AA97

monochromatic

#6A496A #8E628E #AA83AA #C3A7C3 #DCCCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AA83AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AA83AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA83AA

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA83AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA83AA	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8991A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa83aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 131, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.072 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a7c3',
    500: '#aa83aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa83aa;
$custom-light: #c3a7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa83aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.66,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66022,
    "c": 0.07224,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA83AA

secondary

#BDCCBD

accent

#BB6C6C

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#120F12

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA83AA

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

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