#AA9AB2#AA9AB2

#AA9AB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.039 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9AB2
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 10.39, -10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 14.64, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0272 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.039 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1678, 34.8719, 46.9364)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9AB2 #A2B29A

analogous

#9E9AB2 #AA9AB2 #B29AAE

triadic

#AA9AB2 #B2AA9A #9AB2AA

tetradic

#AA9AB2 #B29E9A #A2B29A #9AAEB2

square

#AA9AB2 #B29E9A #A2B29A #9AAEB2

split-complementary

#AA9AB2 #AEB29A #9AB29E

monochromatic

#6E5B77 #8D7798 #AA9AB2 #C7BDCC #E4DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AA9AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#AA9AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9AB2

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9AB2	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.039 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7c9',
    500: '#aa9ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ab2;
$custom-light: #c3b7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 13.483,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70782,
    "c": 0.03879,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9AB2

secondary

#D3D8D0

accent

#984E66

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9AB2

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

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