#AA8AAD#AA8AAD

#AA8AAD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.062 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AAD
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(295, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(295, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 18.41, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 23.02, 323.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0502 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.062 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2079, 29.7408, 43.5183)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AAD #8DAD8A

analogous

#988AAD #AA8AAD #AD8A9E

triadic

#AA8AAD #ADAA8A #8AADAA

tetradic

#AA8AAD #AD988A #8DAD8A #8A9EAD

square

#AA8AAD #AD988A #8DAD8A #8A9EAD

split-complementary

#AA8AAD #9EAD8A #8AAD98

monochromatic

#6C4E6F #8F6793 #AA8AAD #C4AEC6 #DED2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AA8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#AA8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AAD

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AAD	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)

#8792AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.062 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acc5',
    500: '#aa8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aad;
$custom-light: #c3acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.857,
    "s": 17.588,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67462,
    "c": 0.06243,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AAD

secondary

#C4D0C3

accent

#9C4A51

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AAD

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

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