#AA88BB#AA88BB

#AA88BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.083 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA88BB
RGB	rgb(170, 136, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 27.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 22.39, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 31.22, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.0577 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.083 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3499, 29.7427, 50.9354)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA88BB #99BB88

analogous

#9088BB #AA88BB #BB88B2

triadic

#AA88BB #BBAA88 #88BBAA

tetradic

#AA88BB #BB9088 #99BB88 #88B2BB

square

#AA88BB #BB9088 #99BB88 #88B2BB

split-complementary

#AA88BB #B2BB88 #88BB90

monochromatic

#6D4980 #8E61A5 #AA88BB #C6AFD1 #E2D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AA88BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#AA88BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA88BB

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA88BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA88BB	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8192BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8895B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa88bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 136, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.083 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3abcf',
    500: '#aa88bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa88bb;
$custom-light: #c3abcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa88bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67627,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA88BB

secondary

#CCD8C6

accent

#A64062

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA88BB

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

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