#AA8CB2#AA8CB2

#AA8CB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.064 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8CB2
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(287, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, 18.27, -15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 24.06, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.0487 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.064 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9904, 30.5171, 46.2106)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8CB2 #94B28C

analogous

#978CB2 #AA8CB2 #B28CA7

triadic

#AA8CB2 #B2AA8C #8CB2AA

tetradic

#AA8CB2 #B2978C #94B28C #8CA7B2

square

#AA8CB2 #B2978C #94B28C #8CA7B2

split-complementary

#AA8CB2 #A7B28C #8CB297

monochromatic

#6D4E75 #8F6799 #AA8CB2 #C5B1CB #E0D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AA8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#AA8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8CB2

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8CB2	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8894B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.064 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3adc9',
    500: '#aa8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8cb2;
$custom-light: #c3adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 19.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68033,
    "c": 0.06447,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8CB2

secondary

#C9D4C6

accent

#9E475A

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8CB2

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

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