#AA87BA#AA87BA

#AA87BA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.083 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA87BA
RGB	rgb(170, 135, 186)
HSL	hsl(281, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 22.75, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 31.38, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% 0.0589 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.083 315)
XYZ	xyz(34.1031, 29.4197, 50.3269)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA87BA #97BA87

analogous

#9087BA #AA87BA #BA87B0

triadic

#AA87BA #BAAA87 #87BAAA

tetradic

#AA87BA #BA9087 #97BA87 #87B0BA

square

#AA87BA #BA9087 #97BA87 #87B0BA

split-complementary

#AA87BA #B0BA87 #87BA90

monochromatic

#6D497E #8E60A4 #AA87BA #C6AED0 #E1D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AA87BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AA87BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA87BA

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA87BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA87BA	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8091BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa87ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 135, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.083 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aace',
    500: '#aa87ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa87ba;
$custom-light: #c3aace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa87ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 26.984,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67399,
    "c": 0.08328,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.29419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA87BA

secondary

#CBD8C5

accent

#A64060

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA87BA

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

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