#AA8EA9#AA8EA9

#AA8EA9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.051 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EA9
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(302, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(302, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 15.37, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 18.47, 326.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0425 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.051 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4111, 30.7573, 41.7051)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EA9 #8EAA8F

analogous

#9D8EAA #AA8EA9 #AA8E9B

triadic

#AA8EA9 #A9AA8E #8EA9AA

tetradic

#AA8EA9 #AA9D8E #8EAA8F #8E9BAA

square

#AA8EA9 #AA9D8E #8EAA8F #8E9BAA

split-complementary

#AA8EA9 #9BAA8E #8EAA9D

monochromatic

#6C516B #8F6C8E #AA8EA9 #C4B1C4 #DFD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AA8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AA8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EA9

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EA9	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D94AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.051 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3afc2',
    500: '#aa8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ea9;
$custom-light: #c3afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.143,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68092,
    "c": 0.05057,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EA9

secondary

#C5CFC5

accent

#98504D

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EA9

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

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