#AA8EAE#AA8EAE

#AA8EAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.056 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EAE
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(293, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(293, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, 16.34, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 20.78, 321.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0443 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.056 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8895, 30.9486, 44.2246)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EAE #92AE8E

analogous

#9A8EAE #AA8EAE #AE8EA2

triadic

#AA8EAE #AEAA8E #8EAEAA

tetradic

#AA8EAE #AE9A8E #92AE8E #8EA2AE

square

#AA8EAE #AE9A8E #92AE8E #8EA2AE

split-complementary

#AA8EAE #A2AE8E #8EAE9A

monochromatic

#6D5171 #8F6A94 #AA8EAE #C5B2C8 #E0D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AA8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AA8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EAE

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EAE	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.056 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3afc6',
    500: '#aa8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8eae;
$custom-light: #c3afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68271,
    "c": 0.05611,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EAE

secondary

#C7D2C6

accent

#9B4B55

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EAE

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

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