#AA9BE7#AA9BE7

#AA9BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BE7
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 21.61, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 42.32, 300.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0419 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.109 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7192, 37.7576, 80.6231)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BE7 #D8E79B

analogous

#9BB2E7 #AA9BE7 #D09BE7

triadic

#AA9BE7 #E7AA9B #9BE7AA

tetradic

#AA9BE7 #E79BB2 #D8E79B #9BE7D0

square

#AA9BE7 #E79BB2 #D8E79B #9BE7D0

split-complementary

#AA9BE7 #E7D09B #B2E79B

monochromatic

#5638CF #806ADB #AA9BE7 #D4CCF3 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AA9BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AA9BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BE7

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BE7	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b8ef',
    500: '#aa9be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9be7;
$custom-light: #c4b8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.842,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BE7

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C91DA7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BE7

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

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