#AA96BB#AA96BB

#AA96BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.058 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA96BB
RGB	rgb(170, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 14.48, -16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 21.91, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0364 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.058 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4520, 33.9468, 51.6361)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA96BB #A7BB96

analogous

#9796BB #AA96BB #BB96B9

triadic

#AA96BB #BBAA96 #96BBAA

tetradic

#AA96BB #BB9796 #A7BB96 #96B9BB

square

#AA96BB #BB9796 #A7BB96 #96B9BB

split-complementary

#AA96BB #B9BB96 #96BB97

monochromatic

#6D5482 #8C71A3 #AA96BB #C8BBD3 #E6E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AA96BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AA96BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA96BB

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA96BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA96BB	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa96bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.058 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5cf',
    500: '#aa96bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa96bb;
$custom-light: #c3b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa96bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70314,
    "c": 0.05753,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA96BB

secondary

#D6DCD0

accent

#A0466F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA96BB

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

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