#AA87BD#AA87BD

#AA87BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.087 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA87BD
RGB	rgb(170, 135, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 23.38, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 32.90, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.0598 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.087 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4254, 29.5486, 52.0242)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA87BD #9ABD87

analogous

#8F87BD #AA87BD #BD87B5

triadic

#AA87BD #BDAA87 #87BDAA

tetradic

#AA87BD #BD8F87 #9ABD87 #87B5BD

square

#AA87BD #BD8F87 #9ABD87 #87B5BD

split-complementary

#AA87BD #B5BD87 #87BD8F

monochromatic

#6D4882 #8E60A7 #AA87BD #C6AED3 #E2D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AA87BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#AA87BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA87BD

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA87BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA87BD	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F92BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa87bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 135, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.087 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aad1',
    500: '#aa87bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa87bd;
$custom-light: #c4aad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa87bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.889,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67523,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA87BD

secondary

#CDD9C6

accent

#A83E63

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA87BD

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

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