#AA9BB2#AA9BB2

#AA9BB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.037 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BB2
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(279, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 9.83, -9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 13.97, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.0257 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.037 314)
XYZ	xyz(36.3335, 35.2033, 46.9917)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BB2 #A3B29B

analogous

#9E9BB2 #AA9BB2 #B29BAE

triadic

#AA9BB2 #B2AA9B #9BB2AA

tetradic

#AA9BB2 #B29E9B #A3B29B #9BAEB2

square

#AA9BB2 #B29E9B #A3B29B #9BAEB2

split-complementary

#AA9BB2 #AEB29B #9BB29E

monochromatic

#6D5C77 #8D7897 #AA9BB2 #C7BECD #E5E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AA9BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AA9BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BB2

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BB2	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.037 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8c9',
    500: '#aa9bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bb2;
$custom-light: #c3b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 12.994,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70982,
    "c": 0.03698,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.35203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BB2

secondary

#D3D8D1

accent

#974E68

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BB2

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

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