#AA85AA#AA85AA

#AA85AA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.068 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA85AA
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(300, 22%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 20.65, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 25.03, 325.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.057 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.068 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2200, 28.2242, 41.7729)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA85AA #85AA85

analogous

#9885AA #AA85AA #AA8598

triadic

#AA85AA #AAAA85 #85AAAA

tetradic

#AA85AA #AA9885 #85AA85 #8598AA

square

#AA85AA #AA9885 #85AA85 #8598AA

split-complementary

#AA85AA #98AA85 #85AA98

monochromatic

#6A4A6A #8F638F #AA85AA #C3A9C3 #DCCDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AA85AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AA85AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA85AA

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA85AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA85AA	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa85aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.068 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a8c3',
    500: '#aa85aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa85aa;
$custom-light: #c3a8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa85aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.874,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66398,
    "c": 0.06849,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA85AA

secondary

#BECDBE

accent

#BB6D6D

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#120F12

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA85AA

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

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