#AA9BBF#AA9BBF

#AA9BBF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.054 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BBF
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(265, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 12.51, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 20.75, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0303 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.054 304)
XYZ	xyz(37.7011, 35.7504, 54.1945)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BBF #B0BF9B

analogous

#9B9EBF #AA9BBF #BC9BBF

triadic

#AA9BBF #BFAA9B #9BBFAA

tetradic

#AA9BBF #BF9B9E #B0BF9B #9BBFBC

square

#AA9BBF #BF9B9E #B0BF9B #9BBFBC

split-complementary

#AA9BBF #BFBC9B #9EBF9B

monochromatic

#6C5788 #8A76A7 #AA9BBF #CAC0D7 #E9E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AA9BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AA9BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BBF

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BBF	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.054 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d2',
    500: '#aa9bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bbf;
$custom-light: #c3b8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7145,
    "c": 0.05411,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.3575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BBF

secondary

#DCE0D5

accent

#A0457A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BBF

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

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