#AA8CA8#AA8CA8

#AA8CA8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.053 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CA8
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(304, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(304, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 16.30, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 19.38, 327.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0453 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.053 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0227, 30.1301, 41.1143)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CA8 #8CAA8E

analogous

#9D8CAA #AA8CA8 #AA8C99

triadic

#AA8CA8 #A8AA8C #8CA8AA

tetradic

#AA8CA8 #AA9D8C #8CAA8E #8C99AA

square

#AA8CA8 #AA9D8C #8CAA8E #8C99AA

split-complementary

#AA8CA8 #99AA8C #8CAA9D

monochromatic

#6C506A #8F6A8D #AA8CA8 #C4AFC3 #DED2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#AA8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#AA8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CA8

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CA8	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.053 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3adc1',
    500: '#aa8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ca8;
$custom-light: #c3adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67668,
    "c": 0.05326,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CA8

secondary

#C3CFC4

accent

#99514C

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CA8

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

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