#AA9BED#AA9BED

#AA9BED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.118 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BED
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(251, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 23.08, -39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 45.56, 300.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0433 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.118 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5812, 38.1024, 85.1627)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BED #DEED9B

analogous

#9BB5ED #AA9BED #D39BED

triadic

#AA9BED #EDAA9B #9BEDAA

tetradic

#AA9BED #ED9BB5 #DEED9B #9BEDD3

square

#AA9BED #ED9BB5 #DEED9B #9BEDD3

split-complementary

#AA9BED #EDD39B #B5ED9B

monochromatic

#5233DA #7E67E4 #AA9BED #D6CFF6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AA9BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AA9BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BED

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BED	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.118 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b8f3',
    500: '#aa9bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bed;
$custom-light: #c5b8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.976,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73394,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BED

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D114AF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BED

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

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