#AA9BBD#AA9BBD

#AA9BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.051 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BBD
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(266, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 12.09, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 19.69, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0296 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.051 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4825, 35.6630, 53.0432)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BBD #AEBD9B

analogous

#9B9DBD #AA9BBD #BB9BBD

triadic

#AA9BBD #BDAA9B #9BBDAA

tetradic

#AA9BBD #BD9B9D #AEBD9B #9BBDBB

square

#AA9BBD #BD9B9D #AEBD9B #9BBDBB

split-complementary

#AA9BBD #BDBB9B #9DBD9B

monochromatic

#6C5885 #8B76A5 #AA9BBD #C9C0D5 #E9E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AA9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#AA9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BBD

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BBD	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.051 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d1',
    500: '#aa9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bbd;
$custom-light: #c3b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71375,
    "c": 0.05141,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BBD

secondary

#DBDFD5

accent

#9F4778

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BBD

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

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