#AA8AAE#AA8AAE

#AA8AAE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.064 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8AAE
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(293, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(293, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 18.61, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 23.49, 322.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0505 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.064 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3050, 29.7797, 44.0298)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8AAE #8EAE8A

analogous

#988AAE #AA8AAE #AE8AA0

triadic

#AA8AAE #AEAA8A #8AAEAA

tetradic

#AA8AAE #AE988A #8EAE8A #8AA0AE

square

#AA8AAE #AE988A #8EAE8A #8AA0AE

split-complementary

#AA8AAE #A0AE8A #8AAE98

monochromatic

#6C4E70 #8F6794 #AA8AAE #C4AEC7 #DFD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AA8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#AA8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8AAE

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8AAE	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.064 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acc6',
    500: '#aa8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8aae;
$custom-light: #c3acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.675,
    "c": 0.06356,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8AAE

secondary

#C5D1C3

accent

#9C4952

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8AAE

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

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