#AA90BD#AA90BD

#AA90BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.071 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA90BD
RGB	rgb(170, 144, 189)
HSL	hsl(275, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 23.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 18.28, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 26.92, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.0461 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.071 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7346, 32.1670, 52.4606)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA90BD #A3BD90

analogous

#9390BD #AA90BD #BD90B9

triadic

#AA90BD #BDAA90 #90BDAA

tetradic

#AA90BD #BD9390 #A3BD90 #90B9BD

square

#AA90BD #BD9390 #A3BD90 #90B9BD

split-complementary

#AA90BD #B9BD90 #90BD93

monochromatic

#6D4F84 #8D6AA6 #AA90BD #C7B6D4 #E5DDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AA90BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AA90BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA90BD

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA90BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA90BD	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A896A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa90bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 144, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.071 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b0d1',
    500: '#aa90bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa90bd;
$custom-light: #c3b0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa90bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69226,
    "c": 0.07081,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA90BD

secondary

#D3DCCD

accent

#A4426B

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA90BD

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

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