#AA9ADE#AA9ADE

#AA9ADE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.098 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9ADE
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 20.03, -32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 38.08, 301.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.041 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.098 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3149, 36.9307, 74.0448)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9ADE #CEDE9A

analogous

#9AACDE #AA9ADE #CC9ADE

triadic

#AA9ADE #DEAA9A #9ADEAA

tetradic

#AA9ADE #DE9AAC #CEDE9A #9ADECC

square

#AA9ADE #DE9AAC #CEDE9A #9ADECC

split-complementary

#AA9ADE #DECC9A #ACDE9A

monochromatic

#5D3EBF #836CCF #AA9ADE #D1C8ED #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AA9ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AA9ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9ADE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9ADE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.098 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7e8',
    500: '#aa9ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ade;
$custom-light: #c4b7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72521,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9ADE

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BE279B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9ADE

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

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