#AA9BE2#AA9BE2

#AA9BE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BE2
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(253, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 20.41, -33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 39.62, 301.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0407 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.102 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0231, 37.4792, 76.9570)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BE2 #D3E29B

analogous

#9BB0E2 #AA9BE2 #CE9BE2

triadic

#AA9BE2 #E2AA9B #9BE2AA

tetradic

#AA9BE2 #E29BB0 #D3E29B #9BE2CE

square

#AA9BE2 #E29BB0 #D3E29B #9BE2CE

split-complementary

#AA9BE2 #E2CE9B #B0E29B

monochromatic

#593CC6 #826CD4 #AA9BE2 #D2CAF0 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AA9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AA9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BE2

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BE2	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b8eb',
    500: '#aa9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9be2;
$custom-light: #c4b8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.676,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72889,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BE2

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C323A1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BE2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →