#AA9BEB#AA9BEB

#AA9BEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.115 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BEB
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 22.59, -38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 44.48, 300.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0429 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.115 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2906, 37.9862, 83.6324)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BEB #DCEB9B

analogous

#9BB4EB #AA9BEB #D29BEB

triadic

#AA9BEB #EBAA9B #9BEBAA

tetradic

#AA9BEB #EB9BB4 #DCEB9B #9BEBD2

square

#AA9BEB #EB9BB4 #DCEB9B #9BEBD2

split-complementary

#AA9BEB #EBD29B #B4EB9B

monochromatic

#5335D7 #7F68E1 #AA9BEB #D5CEF5 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AA9BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AA9BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BEB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BEB	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.115 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b8f1',
    500: '#aa9beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9beb;
$custom-light: #c5b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.733,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BEB

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF17AC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BEB

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

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