#AA9AA8#AA9AA8

#AA9AA8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.027 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9AA8
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 168)
HSL	hsl(308, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(308, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 8.44, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 9.89, 328.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0235 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.027 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2001, 34.4848, 41.8401)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9AA8 #9AAA9C

analogous

#A49AAA #AA9AA8 #AA9AA0

triadic

#AA9AA8 #A8AA9A #9AA8AA

tetradic

#AA9AA8 #AAA49A #9AAA9C #9AA0AA

square

#AA9AA8 #AAA49A #9AAA9C #9AA0AA

split-complementary

#AA9AA8 #A0AA9A #9AAAA4

monochromatic

#6D5C6B #8E798B #AA9AA8 #C6BBC5 #E2DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AA9AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#AA9AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9AA8

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9AA8	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.027 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7c1',
    500: '#aa9aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9aa8;
$custom-light: #c3b7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70445,
    "c": 0.02719,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9AA8

secondary

#CDD3CE

accent

#935B53

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9AA8

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

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