#AA9CBA#AA9CBA

#AA9CBA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.046 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CBA
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(268, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(268, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 10.90, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 17.45, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.027 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.046 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3274, 35.8683, 51.4016)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CBA #ACBA9C

analogous

#9C9DBA #AA9CBA #B99CBA

triadic

#AA9CBA #BAAA9C #9CBAAA

tetradic

#AA9CBA #BA9C9D #ACBA9C #9CBAB9

square

#AA9CBA #BA9C9D #ACBA9C #9CBAB9

split-complementary

#AA9CBA #BAB99C #9DBA9C

monochromatic

#6C5A81 #8B78A1 #AA9CBA #C9C0D3 #E8E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA9CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AA9CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CBA

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CBA	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.046 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9ce',
    500: '#aa9cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9cba;
$custom-light: #c3b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71465,
    "c": 0.04564,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CBA

secondary

#D9DED4

accent

#9C4976

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CBA

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

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