#AA9AB0#AA9AB0

#AA9AB0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.036 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9AB0
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 176)
HSL	hsl(284, 12%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(284, 13%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 12.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 9.99, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 13.64, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0265 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.036 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9684, 34.7921, 45.8866)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9AB0 #A0B09A

analogous

#9F9AB0 #AA9AB0 #B09AAB

triadic

#AA9AB0 #B0AA9A #9AB0AA

tetradic

#AA9AB0 #B09F9A #A0B09A #9AABB0

square

#AA9AB0 #B09F9A #A0B09A #9AABB0

split-complementary

#AA9AB0 #ABB09A #9AB09F

monochromatic

#6E5B74 #8D7895 #AA9AB0 #C7BCCB #E4DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AA9AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#AA9AB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9AB0

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9AB0	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.036 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7c7',
    500: '#aa9ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ab0;
$custom-light: #c3b7c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 12.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70713,
    "c": 0.03631,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9AB0

secondary

#D1D7CF

accent

#964F63

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9AB0

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

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