#AA9BEE#AA9BEE

#AA9BEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.119 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9BEE
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 23.32, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 46.09, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.0436 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.119 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7277, 38.1610, 85.9343)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9BEE #DFEE9B

analogous

#9BB6EE #AA9BEE #D39BEE

triadic

#AA9BEE #EEAA9B #9BEEAA

tetradic

#AA9BEE #EE9BB6 #DFEE9B #9BEED3

square

#AA9BEE #EE9BB6 #DFEE9B #9BEED3

split-complementary

#AA9BEE #EED39B #B6EE9B

monochromatic

#5132DC #7E67E5 #AA9BEE #D6CFF7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AA9BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AA9BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9BEE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9BEE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BAABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.119 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b8f4',
    500: '#aa9bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9bee;
$custom-light: #c5b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.843,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73441,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9BEE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D313B0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9BEE

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

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