#AA9AEC#AA9AEC

#AA9AEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.118 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9AEC
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 236)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 34.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 23.39, -39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 45.63, 300.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0445 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.118 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2697, 37.7127, 84.3402)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9AEC #DCEC9A

analogous

#9AB3EC #AA9AEC #D39AEC

triadic

#AA9AEC #ECAA9A #9AECAA

tetradic

#AA9AEC #EC9AB3 #DCEC9A #9AECD3

square

#AA9AEC #EC9AB3 #DCEC9A #9AECD3

split-complementary

#AA9AEC #ECD39A #B3EC9A

monochromatic

#5333D9 #7F66E2 #AA9AEC #D5CEF6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AA9AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AA9AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9AEC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9AEC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.118 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b7f2',
    500: '#aa9aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9aec;
$custom-light: #c5b7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.707,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7316,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9AEC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D015AC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9AEC

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

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