#AA9CB2#AA9CB2

#AA9CB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.035 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CB2
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(278, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 9.27, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 13.30, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0242 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.035 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5006, 35.5376, 47.0474)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CB2 #A4B29C

analogous

#9F9CB2 #AA9CB2 #B29CAF

triadic

#AA9CB2 #B2AA9C #9CB2AA

tetradic

#AA9CB2 #B29F9C #A4B29C #9CAFB2

square

#AA9CB2 #B29F9C #A4B29C #9CAFB2

split-complementary

#AA9CB2 #AFB29C #9CB29F

monochromatic

#6D5D77 #8C7A97 #AA9CB2 #C8BECD #E5E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AA9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AA9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CB2

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CB2	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.035 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9c9',
    500: '#aa9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9cb2;
$custom-light: #c3b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71183,
    "c": 0.03518,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CB2

secondary

#D4D9D1

accent

#974F69

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CB2

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

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