#AA9BCD#AA9BCD

#AA9BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.073 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BCD
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 15.56, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 28.26, 303.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0348 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.073 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3160, 36.3964, 62.6997)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BCD #BECD9B

analogous

#9BA5CD #AA9BCD #C39BCD

triadic

#AA9BCD #CDAA9B #9BCDAA

tetradic

#AA9BCD #CD9BA5 #BECD9B #9BCDC3

square

#AA9BCD #CD9BA5 #BECD9B #9BCDC3

split-complementary

#AA9BCD #CDC39B #A5CD9B

monochromatic

#674F9E #8772B9 #AA9BCD #CDC4E1 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AA9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AA9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BCD

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BCD	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.073 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8dc',
    500: '#aa9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bcd;
$custom-light: #c3b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71994,
    "c": 0.07333,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BCD

secondary

#E5E9DB

accent

#AC398A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BCD

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

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