#AA8EA7#AA8EA7

#AA8EA7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.048 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EA7
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(306, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(306, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 1.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, 14.98, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 17.58, 328.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.0418 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.048 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2248, 30.6827, 40.7238)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EA7 #8EAA91

analogous

#9F8EAA #AA8EA7 #AA8E99

triadic

#AA8EA7 #A7AA8E #8EA7AA

tetradic

#AA8EA7 #AA9F8E #8EAA91 #8E99AA

square

#AA8EA7 #AA9F8E #8EAA91 #8E99AA

split-complementary

#AA8EA7 #99AA8E #8EAA9F

monochromatic

#6C5169 #8F6C8B #AA8EA7 #C4B1C2 #DFD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AA8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AA8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EA7

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EA7	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D94A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.048 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3afc1',
    500: '#aa8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ea7;
$custom-light: #c3afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.429,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68023,
    "c": 0.04847,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EA7

secondary

#C5CFC6

accent

#98554D

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EA7

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

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