#AA9CB6#AA9CB6

#AA9CB6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.040 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CB6
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(272, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 10.08, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 15.36, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.0256 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.04 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9081, 35.7006, 49.1934)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CB6 #A8B69C

analogous

#9D9CB6 #AA9CB6 #B69CB5

triadic

#AA9CB6 #B6AA9C #9CB6AA

tetradic

#AA9CB6 #B69D9C #A8B69C #9CB5B6

square

#AA9CB6 #B69D9C #A8B69C #9CB5B6

split-complementary

#AA9CB6 #B5B69C #9CB69D

monochromatic

#6D5C7C #8C799C #AA9CB6 #C8BFD0 #E6E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AA9CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AA9CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CB6

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CB6	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.040 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9cb',
    500: '#aa9cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9cb6;
$custom-light: #c3b9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71322,
    "c": 0.04034,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CB6

secondary

#D7DBD3

accent

#994C70

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CB6

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

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