#AA96B4#AA96B4

#AA96B4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.049 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA96B4
RGB	rgb(170, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(280, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 13.04, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 18.32, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.034 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.049 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7208, 33.6544, 47.7853)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA96B4 #A0B496

analogous

#9B96B4 #AA96B4 #B496AF

triadic

#AA96B4 #B4AA96 #96B4AA

tetradic

#AA96B4 #B49B96 #A0B496 #96AFB4

square

#AA96B4 #B49B96 #A0B496 #96AFB4

split-complementary

#AA96B4 #AFB496 #96B49B

monochromatic

#6E5679 #8D729B #AA96B4 #C7BACE #E4DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA96B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AA96B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA96B4

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA96B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA96B4	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA99A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa96b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.049 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5ca',
    500: '#aa96b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa96b4;
$custom-light: #c3b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa96b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70056,
    "c": 0.04856,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA96B4

secondary

#D1D8CE

accent

#9B4B65

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA96B4

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

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