#AA96AA#AA96AA

#AA96AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.037 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA96AA
RGB	rgb(170, 150, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 11.06, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 13.48, 325.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0304 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.037 326)
XYZ	xyz(34.7386, 33.2615, 42.6125)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA96AA #96AA96

analogous

#A096AA #AA96AA #AA96A0

triadic

#AA96AA #AAAA96 #96AAAA

tetradic

#AA96AA #AAA096 #96AA96 #96A0AA

square

#AA96AA #AAA096 #96AA96 #96A0AA

split-complementary

#AA96AA #A0AA96 #96AAA0

monochromatic

#6D586D #8F748F #AA96AA #C5B8C5 #E1DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AA96AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AA96AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA96AA

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA96AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA96AA	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa96aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 150, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.037 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b4c3',
    500: '#aa96aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa96aa;
$custom-light: #c3b4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa96aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69708,
    "c": 0.03673,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.33261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA96AA

secondary

#CAD2CA

accent

#955151

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA96AA

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

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