#AA9CBC#AA9CBC

#AA9CBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.048 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CBC
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(266, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 11.32, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 18.51, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0277 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.048 305)
XYZ	xyz(37.5415, 35.9539, 52.5292)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CBC #AEBC9C

analogous

#9C9EBC #AA9CBC #BA9CBC

triadic

#AA9CBC #BCAA9C #9CBCAA

tetradic

#AA9CBC #BC9C9E #AEBC9C #9CBCBA

square

#AA9CBC #BC9C9E #AEBC9C #9CBCBA

split-complementary

#AA9CBC #BCBA9C #9EBC9C

monochromatic

#6C5984 #8B78A3 #AA9CBC #C9C0D5 #E9E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AA9CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#AA9CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CBC

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CBC	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.048 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9d0',
    500: '#aa9cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9cbc;
$custom-light: #c3b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71538,
    "c": 0.04833,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.35954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CBC

secondary

#DBDFD5

accent

#9E4878

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CBC

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

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