#AA9AB8#AA9AB8

#AA9AB8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.046 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9AB8
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 184)
HSL	hsl(272, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 11.61, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 17.71, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0294 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.047 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7834, 35.1181, 50.1788)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9AB8 #A8B89A

analogous

#9B9AB8 #AA9AB8 #B89AB7

triadic

#AA9AB8 #B8AA9A #9AB8AA

tetradic

#AA9AB8 #B89B9A #A8B89A #9AB7B8

square

#AA9AB8 #B89B9A #A8B89A #9AB7B8

split-complementary

#AA9AB8 #B7B89A #9AB89B

monochromatic

#6D597F #8C769F #AA9AB8 #C8BED1 #E6E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AA9AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AA9AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9AB8

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9AB8	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.046 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7cd',
    500: '#aa9ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ab8;
$custom-light: #c3b7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 17.442,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70994,
    "c": 0.0465,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9AB8

secondary

#D7DCD2

accent

#9C4A70

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9AB8

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

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