#AA8EA8#AA8EA8

#AA8EA8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.050 H 328.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EA8
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(304, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(304, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 15.17, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 18.02, 327.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0422 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.05 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3176, 30.7199, 41.2126)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EA8 #8EAA90

analogous

#9E8EAA #AA8EA8 #AA8E9A

triadic

#AA8EA8 #A8AA8E #8EA8AA

tetradic

#AA8EA8 #AA9E8E #8EAA90 #8E9AAA

square

#AA8EA8 #AA9E8E #8EAA90 #8E9AAA

split-complementary

#AA8EA8 #9AAA8E #8EAA9E

monochromatic

#6C516A #8F6C8D #AA8EA8 #C4B1C3 #DFD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AA8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AA8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EA8

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EA8	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)

#8D94A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.050 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3afc1',
    500: '#aa8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ea8;
$custom-light: #c3afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68057,
    "c": 0.04951,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EA8

secondary

#C5CFC5

accent

#98534D

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EA8

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

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