#AA9CAC#AA9CAC

#AA9CAC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.028 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CAC
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(293, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(293, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 8.09, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 10.35, 321.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.022 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.028 322)
XYZ	xyz(35.9113, 35.3018, 43.9438)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CAC #9EAC9C

analogous

#A29CAC #AA9CAC #AC9CA6

triadic

#AA9CAC #ACAA9C #9CACAA

tetradic

#AA9CAC #ACA29C #9EAC9C #9CA6AC

square

#AA9CAC #ACA29C #9EAC9C #9CA6AC

split-complementary

#AA9CAC #A6AC9C #9CACA2

monochromatic

#6E5E70 #8D7B90 #AA9CAC #C7BDC8 #E3DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AA9CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AA9CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CAC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CAC	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.028 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9c4',
    500: '#aa9cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9cac;
$custom-light: #c3b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70981,
    "c": 0.02787,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.35302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CAC

secondary

#D0D5CF

accent

#93535B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CAC

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

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