#AA8AAA#AA8AAA

#AA8AAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.059 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AAA
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 17.82, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 21.64, 325.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0491 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.059 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9209, 29.6260, 42.0066)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AAA #8AAA8A

analogous

#9A8AAA #AA8AAA #AA8A9A

triadic

#AA8AAA #AAAA8A #8AAAAA

tetradic

#AA8AAA #AA9A8A #8AAA8A #8A9AAA

square

#AA8AAA #AA9A8A #8AAA8A #8A9AAA

split-complementary

#AA8AAA #9AAA8A #8AAA9A

monochromatic

#6C4E6C #8F688F #AA8AAA #C4ADC4 #DED1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AA8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#AA8AAA on #000000

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Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AAA

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AAA	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.059 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acc3',
    500: '#aa8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aaa;
$custom-light: #c3acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67353,
    "c": 0.05913,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AAA

secondary

#C2CEC2

accent

#9A4B4B

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AAA

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

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