#AA9CB8#AA9CB8

#AA9CB8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.043 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CB8
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(270, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 10.49, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 16.40, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0263 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.043 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1162, 35.7838, 50.2897)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CB8 #AAB89C

analogous

#9C9CB8 #AA9CB8 #B89CB8

triadic

#AA9CB8 #B8AA9C #9CB8AA

tetradic

#AA9CB8 #B89C9C #AAB89C #9CB8B8

square

#AA9CB8 #B89C9C #AAB89C #9CB8B8

split-complementary

#AA9CB8 #B8B89C #9CB89C

monochromatic

#6D5B7F #8B789E #AA9CB8 #C9C0D2 #E7E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA9CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AA9CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CB8

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CB8	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.043 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9cd',
    500: '#aa9cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9cb8;
$custom-light: #c3b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71393,
    "c": 0.04298,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CB8

secondary

#D8DCD3

accent

#9B4B73

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CB8

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

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