#AA9AAA#AA9AAA

#AA9AAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.029 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9AAA
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 8.82, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 10.77, 324.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0243 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.029 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3878, 34.5599, 42.8289)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9AAA #9AAA9A

analogous

#A29AAA #AA9AAA #AA9AA2

triadic

#AA9AAA #AAAA9A #9AAAAA

tetradic

#AA9AAA #AAA29A #9AAA9A #9AA2AA

square

#AA9AAA #AAA29A #9AAA9A #9AA2AA

split-complementary

#AA9AAA #A2AA9A #9AAAA2

monochromatic

#6D5C6D #8E798E #AA9AAA #C6BBC6 #E2DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AA9AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#AA9AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9AAA

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9AAA	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.029 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7c3',
    500: '#aa9aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9aaa;
$custom-light: #c3b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.02931,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9AAA

secondary

#CDD3CD

accent

#935353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9AAA

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

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