#AA9BB5#AA9BB5

#AA9BB5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.041 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BB5
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(275, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 10.44, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 15.50, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0268 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.041 311)
XYZ	xyz(36.6380, 35.3251, 48.5954)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BB5 #A6B59B

analogous

#9D9BB5 #AA9BB5 #B59BB3

triadic

#AA9BB5 #B5AA9B #9BB5AA

tetradic

#AA9BB5 #B59D9B #A6B59B #9BB3B5

square

#AA9BB5 #B59D9B #A6B59B #9BB3B5

split-complementary

#AA9BB5 #B3B59B #9BB59D

monochromatic

#6D5B7B #8C789B #AA9BB5 #C8BECF #E6E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AA9BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AA9BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BB5

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BB5	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.041 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8cb',
    500: '#aa9bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bb5;
$custom-light: #c3b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71087,
    "c": 0.04081,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.35325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BB5

secondary

#D5DAD2

accent

#994C6D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BB5

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

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