#AA9BB3#AA9BB3

#AA9BB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.038 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BB3
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(278, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 10.03, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 14.48, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0261 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.038 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4343, 35.2436, 47.5224)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BB3 #A4B39B

analogous

#9E9BB3 #AA9BB3 #B39BB0

triadic

#AA9BB3 #B3AA9B #9BB3AA

tetradic

#AA9BB3 #B39E9B #A4B39B #9BB0B3

square

#AA9BB3 #B39E9B #A4B39B #9BB0B3

split-complementary

#AA9BB3 #B0B39B #9BB39E

monochromatic

#6D5B78 #8C7899 #AA9BB3 #C8BECD #E5E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AA9BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AA9BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BB3

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BB3	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.038 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8c9',
    500: '#aa9bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bb3;
$custom-light: #c3b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 13.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71017,
    "c": 0.03825,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BB3

secondary

#D4D9D1

accent

#984E69

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BB3

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

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