#AA90CD#AA90CD

#AA90CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.092 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA90CD
RGB	rgb(170, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(266, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 21.77, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 35.31, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0508 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.092 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5681, 32.9004, 62.1170)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA90CD #B3CD90

analogous

#9094CD #AA90CD #C890CD

triadic

#AA90CD #CDAA90 #90CDAA

tetradic

#AA90CD #CD9094 #B3CD90 #90CDC8

square

#AA90CD #CD9094 #B3CD90 #90CDC8

split-complementary

#AA90CD #CDC890 #94CD90

monochromatic

#6B469C #8A66BA #AA90CD #CABAE0 #EBE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA90CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AA90CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA90CD

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA90CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA90CD	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A599A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa90cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.092 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b0dc',
    500: '#aa90cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa90cd;
$custom-light: #c4b0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa90cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.574,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69884,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA90CD

secondary

#DEE6D3

accent

#B1357C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F5FB

border

#D1CFD4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA90CD

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

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