#AA8AAB#AA8AAB

#AA8AAB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.060 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AAB
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(298, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(298, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, 18.02, -12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 22.09, 324.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0495 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.06 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0158, 29.6640, 42.5067)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AAB #8BAB8A

analogous

#998AAB #AA8AAB #AB8A9B

triadic

#AA8AAB #ABAA8A #8AABAA

tetradic

#AA8AAB #AB998A #8BAB8A #8A9BAB

square

#AA8AAB #AB998A #8BAB8A #8A9BAB

split-complementary

#AA8AAB #9BAB8A #8AAB99

monochromatic

#6C4E6D #8F6890 #AA8AAB #C4AEC5 #DED1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AA8AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#AA8AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AAB

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AAB	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)

#8892AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.060 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acc4',
    500: '#aa8aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aab;
$custom-light: #c3acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.182,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67389,
    "c": 0.06021,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AAB

secondary

#C3CFC2

accent

#9B4B4D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AAB

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

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