#AA87BC#AA87BC

#AA87BC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.086 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA87BC
RGB	rgb(170, 135, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 28.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 23.17, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 32.39, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.0595 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.086 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3172, 29.5053, 51.4545)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA87BC #99BC87

analogous

#8F87BC #AA87BC #BC87B3

triadic

#AA87BC #BCAA87 #87BCAA

tetradic

#AA87BC #BC8F87 #99BC87 #87B3BC

square

#AA87BC #BC8F87 #99BC87 #87B3BC

split-complementary

#AA87BC #B3BC87 #87BC8F

monochromatic

#6D4881 #8E60A6 #AA87BC #C6AED2 #E2D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AA87BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#AA87BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA87BC

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA87BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA87BC	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F92BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa87bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 135, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.086 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aad0',
    500: '#aa87bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa87bc;
$custom-light: #c4aad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa87bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.623,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67481,
    "c": 0.08573,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA87BC

secondary

#CCD9C6

accent

#A73F62

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA87BC

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

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