#AA9AAE#AA9AAE

#AA9AAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.034 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9AAE
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(288, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(288, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 9.60, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 12.66, 319.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0258 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.034 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7720, 34.7136, 44.8521)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9AAE #9EAE9A

analogous

#A09AAE #AA9AAE #AE9AA8

triadic

#AA9AAE #AEAA9A #9AAEAA

tetradic

#AA9AAE #AEA09A #9EAE9A #9AA8AE

square

#AA9AAE #AEA09A #9EAE9A #9AA8AE

split-complementary

#AA9AAE #A8AE9A #9AAEA0

monochromatic

#6E5C72 #8D7893 #AA9AAE #C7BCC9 #E3DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AA9AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#AA9AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9AAE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9AAE	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.034 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7c6',
    500: '#aa9aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9aae;
$custom-light: #c3b7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 10.989,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70645,
    "c": 0.0339,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9AAE

secondary

#D0D5CE

accent

#95505E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9AAE

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

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