#AA9BE4#AA9BE4

#AA9BE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BE4
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(252, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 20.89, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 40.70, 300.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0412 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.105 293)
XYZ	xyz(42.2991, 37.5896, 78.4107)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BE4 #D5E49B

analogous

#9BB0E4 #AA9BE4 #CF9BE4

triadic

#AA9BE4 #E4AA9B #9BE4AA

tetradic

#AA9BE4 #E49BB0 #D5E49B #9BE4CF

square

#AA9BE4 #E49BB0 #D5E49B #9BE4CF

split-complementary

#AA9BE4 #E4CF9B #B0E49B

monochromatic

#583BCA #816BD7 #AA9BE4 #D3CBF1 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AA9BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AA9BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BE4

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BE4	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b8ec',
    500: '#aa9be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9be4;
$custom-light: #c4b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.329,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.3759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BE4

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C520A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BE4

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

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