#AA8AAC#AA8AAC

#AA8AAC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.061 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AAC
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(296, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(296, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 18.21, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 22.55, 323.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% 0.0498 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.061 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1115, 29.7022, 43.0106)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AAC #8CAC8A

analogous

#998AAC #AA8AAC #AC8A9D

triadic

#AA8AAC #ACAA8A #8AACAA

tetradic

#AA8AAC #AC998A #8CAC8A #8A9DAC

square

#AA8AAC #AC998A #8CAC8A #8A9DAC

split-complementary

#AA8AAC #9DAC8A #8AAC99

monochromatic

#6C4E6E #8F6792 #AA8AAC #C4AEC5 #DED2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AA8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AA8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AAC

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AAC	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.061 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acc4',
    500: '#aa8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aac;
$custom-light: #c3acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 17,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67426,
    "c": 0.06131,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AAC

secondary

#C3CFC2

accent

#9B4A4F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AAC

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

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