#AA9AAC#AA9AAC

#AA9AAC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.032 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9AAC
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 172)
HSL	hsl(293, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(293, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 9.21, -7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 11.70, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.025 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.032 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5785, 34.6362, 43.8329)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9AAC #9CAC9A

analogous

#A19AAC #AA9AAC #AC9AA5

triadic

#AA9AAC #ACAA9A #9AACAA

tetradic

#AA9AAC #ACA19A #9CAC9A #9AA5AC

square

#AA9AAC #ACA19A #9CAC9A #9AA5AC

split-complementary

#AA9AAC #A5AC9A #9AACA1

monochromatic

#6E5C70 #8E7890 #AA9AAC #C6BCC8 #E3DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AA9AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#AA9AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9AAC

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9AAC	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.032 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7c4',
    500: '#aa9aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9aac;
$custom-light: #c3b7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 9.783,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70577,
    "c": 0.03156,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9AAC

secondary

#CED4CE

accent

#945259

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9AAC

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

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