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#AA93AF

Lilac · light cool purple

About #AA93AF

With the hex code #AA93AF, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 58% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 16% magenta, 0% yellow and 31% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Lilac — a ΔE of 10.4 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #98AF93, a sage shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 7.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red170
Green147
Blue175

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 10.4
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 16.5
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 16.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #AA93AF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #AA93AF.
2.80:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #AA93AF.
7.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AA93AF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AA93AF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#9099B0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#959BAE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AB969C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AA93AF?

With the hex code #AA93AF, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 58% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 16% magenta, 0% yellow and 31% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AA93AF?

Use black text. Black on #AA93AF has a contrast ratio of 7.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AA93AF?

Its complementary colour is #98AF93, and analogous partners are #9C93AF and #AF93A6.