#AA87BB#AA87BB

#AA87BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.085 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA87BB
RGB	rgb(170, 135, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 22.96, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 31.89, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.0592 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.085 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2098, 29.4624, 50.8887)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA87BB #98BB87

analogous

#9087BB #AA87BB #BB87B2

triadic

#AA87BB #BBAA87 #87BBAA

tetradic

#AA87BB #BB9087 #98BB87 #87B2BB

square

#AA87BB #BB9087 #98BB87 #87B2BB

split-complementary

#AA87BB #B2BB87 #87BB90

monochromatic

#6D487F #8E60A5 #AA87BB #C6AED1 #E1D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AA87BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#AA87BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA87BB

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA87BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA87BB	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8092BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa87bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 135, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.085 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aacf',
    500: '#aa87bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa87bb;
$custom-light: #c4aacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa87bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6744,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA87BB

secondary

#CCD8C6

accent

#A63F61

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA87BB

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

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