#AA8CAA#AA8CAA

#AA8CAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.055 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CAA
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, 16.69, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 20.28, 325.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.046 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.055 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2105, 30.2052, 42.1031)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CAA #8CAA8C

analogous

#9B8CAA #AA8CAA #AA8C9B

triadic

#AA8CAA #AAAA8C #8CAAAA

tetradic

#AA8CAA #AA9B8C #8CAA8C #8C9BAA

square

#AA8CAA #AA9B8C #8CAA8C #8C9BAA

split-complementary

#AA8CAA #9BAA8C #8CAA9B

monochromatic

#6C506C #8F6A8F #AA8CAA #C4AFC4 #DED2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AA8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#AA8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CAA

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CAA	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.055 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3adc3',
    500: '#aa8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8caa;
$custom-light: #c3adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67739,
    "c": 0.05539,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CAA

secondary

#C3CFC3

accent

#994C4C

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CAA

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

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