#AA87BE#AA87BE

#AA87BE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.088 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA87BE
RGB	rgb(170, 135, 190)
HSL	hsl(278, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 28.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 23.59, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 33.41, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0601 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.088 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5343, 29.5922, 52.5978)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA87BE #9BBE87

analogous

#8E87BE #AA87BE #BE87B6

triadic

#AA87BE #BEAA87 #87BEAA

tetradic

#AA87BE #BE8E87 #9BBE87 #87B6BE

square

#AA87BE #BE8E87 #9BBE87 #87B6BE

split-complementary

#AA87BE #B6BE87 #87BE8E

monochromatic

#6E4783 #8E5FA8 #AA87BE #C6AFD4 #E2D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AA87BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#AA87BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA87BE

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA87BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA87BE	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F92C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa87be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 135, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.088 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aad1',
    500: '#aa87be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa87be;
$custom-light: #c4aad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa87be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67564,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA87BE

secondary

#CEDAC7

accent

#A83D64

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA87BE

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

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