#AA9BC2#AA9BC2

#AA9BC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.058 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BC2
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(263, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(263, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 13.15, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 22.35, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0313 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.058 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0346, 35.8838, 55.9510)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BC2 #B3C29B

analogous

#9B9FC2 #AA9BC2 #BD9BC2

triadic

#AA9BC2 #C2AA9B #9BC2AA

tetradic

#AA9BC2 #C29B9F #B3C29B #9BC2BD

square

#AA9BC2 #C29B9F #B3C29B #9BC2BD

split-complementary

#AA9BC2 #C2BD9B #9FC29B

monochromatic

#6B568D #8A75AB #AA9BC2 #CAC1D9 #EBE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA9BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AA9BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BC2

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BC2	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.058 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d4',
    500: '#aa9bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bc2;
$custom-light: #c3b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71563,
    "c": 0.0582,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BC2

secondary

#DEE2D7

accent

#A3437E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BC2

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

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