#AA96BC#AA96BC

#AA96BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.059 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA96BC
RGB	rgb(170, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(272, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 14.69, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 22.43, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0368 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.059 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5594, 33.9898, 52.2019)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA96BC #A8BC96

analogous

#9796BC #AA96BC #BC96BB

triadic

#AA96BC #BCAA96 #96BCAA

tetradic

#AA96BC #BC9796 #A8BC96 #96BBBC

square

#AA96BC #BC9796 #A8BC96 #96BBBC

split-complementary

#AA96BC #BBBC96 #96BC97

monochromatic

#6D5484 #8C71A4 #AA96BC #C8BBD4 #E6E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AA96BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#AA96BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA96BC

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA96BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA96BC	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa96bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.059 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5d0',
    500: '#aa96bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa96bc;
$custom-light: #c3b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa96bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70352,
    "c": 0.05884,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA96BC

secondary

#D7DDD1

accent

#A14570

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA96BC

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

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