#AA87AA#AA87AA

#AA87AA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.065 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA87AA
RGB	rgb(170, 135, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 21%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 19.52, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 23.67, 325.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0539 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.065 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4964, 28.7770, 41.8651)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA87AA #87AA87

analogous

#9987AA #AA87AA #AA8799

triadic

#AA87AA #AAAA87 #87AAAA

tetradic

#AA87AA #AA9987 #87AA87 #8799AA

square

#AA87AA #AA9987 #87AA87 #8799AA

split-complementary

#AA87AA #99AA87 #87AA99

monochromatic

#6B4C6B #8F658F #AA87AA #C3ABC3 #DDCFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AA87AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AA87AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA87AA

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA87AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA87AA	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa87aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 135, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.065 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aac3',
    500: '#aa87aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa87aa;
$custom-light: #c3aac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa87aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66778,
    "c": 0.06475,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA87AA

secondary

#C0CDC0

accent

#BA6E6E

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA87AA

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

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