#AA9ACE#AA9ACE

#AA9ACE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.076 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9ACE
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(258, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 16.34, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 29.43, 303.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0365 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.076 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2714, 36.1133, 63.2822)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9ACE #BECE9A

analogous

#9AA4CE #AA9ACE #C49ACE

triadic

#AA9ACE #CEAA9A #9ACEAA

tetradic

#AA9ACE #CE9AA4 #BECE9A #9ACEC4

square

#AA9ACE #CE9AA4 #BECE9A #9ACEC4

split-complementary

#AA9ACE #CEC49A #A4CE9A

monochromatic

#674EA0 #8771BA #AA9ACE #CDC3E2 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AA9ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#AA9ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9ACE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9ACE	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.076 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7dd',
    500: '#aa9ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ace;
$custom-light: #c4b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 34.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7184,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9ACE

secondary

#E5E9DB

accent

#AE3889

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9ACE

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

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