#AA9BCB#AA9BCB

#AA9BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.071 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BCB
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(259, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 15.11, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 27.18, 303.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0341 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.071 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0762, 36.3004, 61.4364)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BCB #BCCB9B

analogous

#9BA4CB #AA9BCB #C29BCB

triadic

#AA9BCB #CBAA9B #9BCBAA

tetradic

#AA9BCB #CB9BA4 #BCCB9B #9BCBC2

square

#AA9BCB #CB9BA4 #BCCB9B #9BCBC2

split-complementary

#AA9BCB #CBC29B #A4CB9B

monochromatic

#68519B #8873B6 #AA9BCB #CCC3E0 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AA9BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AA9BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BCB

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BCB	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.071 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8db',
    500: '#aa9bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bcb;
$custom-light: #c3b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71914,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BCB

secondary

#E3E8DA

accent

#AA3B88

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BCB

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

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