#AA9BEA#AA9BEA

#AA9BEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BEA
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 33.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 22.34, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 43.94, 300.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0426 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.113 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1465, 37.9286, 82.8737)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BEA #DBEA9B

analogous

#9BB4EA #AA9BEA #D29BEA

triadic

#AA9BEA #EAAA9B #9BEAAA

tetradic

#AA9BEA #EA9BB4 #DBEA9B #9BEAD2

square

#AA9BEA #EA9BB4 #DBEA9B #9BEAD2

split-complementary

#AA9BEA #EAD29B #B4EA9B

monochromatic

#5436D5 #7F68DF #AA9BEA #D5CEF5 #EAE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AA9BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AA9BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BEA

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BEA	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b8f1',
    500: '#aa9bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bea;
$custom-light: #c5b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.392,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73254,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BEA

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CD18AB

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BEA

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

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