#AA9BEC#AA9BEC

#AA9BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BEC
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 22.83, -38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 45.02, 300.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0431 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.116 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4355, 38.0441, 84.3954)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BEC #DDEC9B

analogous

#9BB5EC #AA9BEC #D39BEC

triadic

#AA9BEC #ECAA9B #9BECAA

tetradic

#AA9BEC #EC9BB5 #DDEC9B #9BECD3

square

#AA9BEC #EC9BB5 #DDEC9B #9BECD3

split-complementary

#AA9BEC #ECD39B #B5EC9B

monochromatic

#5334D8 #7E68E2 #AA9BEC #D6CEF6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AA9BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#AA9BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BEC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BEC	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b8f2',
    500: '#aa9bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bec;
$custom-light: #c5b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73347,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BEC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D016AD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BEC

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

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