#AA87CB#AA87CB

#AA87CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.105 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA87CB
RGB	rgb(170, 135, 203)
HSL	hsl(271, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(271, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 26.42, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 40.11, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0635 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.105 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0190, 30.1861, 60.4173)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA87CB #A8CB87

analogous

#8887CB #AA87CB #CB87CA

triadic

#AA87CB #CBAA87 #87CBAA

tetradic

#AA87CB #CB8887 #A8CB87 #87CACB

square

#AA87CB #CB8887 #A8CB87 #87CACB

split-complementary

#AA87CB #CACB87 #87CB88

monochromatic

#6D4196 #8C5CB8 #AA87CB #C8B2DE #E6DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AA87CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#AA87CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA87CB

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA87CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA87CB	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A94CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A691A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa87cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 135, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.105 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aadb',
    500: '#aa87cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa87cb;
$custom-light: #c4aadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa87cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.882,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68126,
    "c": 0.10465,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA87CB

secondary

#D7E2CC

accent

#B33371

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA87CB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →