#AA9AEE#AA9AEE

#AA9AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.120 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9AEE
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 35.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 23.89, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 46.71, 300.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0449 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.121 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5619, 37.8295, 85.8791)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9AEE #DEEE9A

analogous

#9AB4EE #AA9AEE #D49AEE

triadic

#AA9AEE #EEAA9A #9AEEAA

tetradic

#AA9AEE #EE9AB4 #DEEE9A #9AEED4

square

#AA9AEE #EE9AB4 #DEEE9A #9AEED4

split-complementary

#AA9AEE #EED49A #B4EE9A

monochromatic

#5231DC #7E66E5 #AA9AEE #D6CEF7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AA9AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AA9AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9AEE

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9AEE	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.120 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b7f4',
    500: '#aa9aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9aee;
$custom-light: #c5b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73254,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9AEE

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D312AE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9AEE

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

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