#AA9ABE#AA9ABE

#AA9ABE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.054 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9ABE
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(267, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(267, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 12.86, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 20.87, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0314 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.054 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4257, 35.3751, 53.5616)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9ABE #AEBE9A

analogous

#9A9CBE #AA9ABE #BC9ABE

triadic

#AA9ABE #BEAA9A #9ABEAA

tetradic

#AA9ABE #BE9A9C #AEBE9A #9ABEBC

square

#AA9ABE #BE9A9C #AEBE9A #9ABEBC

split-complementary

#AA9ABE #BEBC9A #9CBE9A

monochromatic

#6C5787 #8B75A6 #AA9ABE #C9BFD6 #E9E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AA9ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AA9ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9ABE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9ABE	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.054 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7d1',
    500: '#aa9abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9abe;
$custom-light: #c3b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 21.687,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71214,
    "c": 0.05449,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9ABE

secondary

#DBE0D4

accent

#A04578

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9ABE

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

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