#AA9BBC#AA9BBC

#AA9BBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.050 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BBC
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(267, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(267, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 11.88, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 19.16, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0292 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.05 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3743, 35.6197, 52.4735)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BBC #ADBC9B

analogous

#9B9DBC #AA9BBC #BA9BBC

triadic

#AA9BBC #BCAA9B #9BBCAA

tetradic

#AA9BBC #BC9B9D #ADBC9B #9BBCBA

square

#AA9BBC #BC9B9D #ADBC9B #9BBCBA

split-complementary

#AA9BBC #BCBA9B #9DBC9B

monochromatic

#6C5984 #8B76A3 #AA9BBC #C9C0D5 #E8E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AA9BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#AA9BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BBC

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BBC	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.050 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d0',
    500: '#aa9bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bbc;
$custom-light: #c3b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71339,
    "c": 0.05006,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BBC

secondary

#DADFD4

accent

#9E4777

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BBC

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

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