#AA9CD2#AA9CD2

#AA9CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.079 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CD2
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(256, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(256, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 16.12, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 30.34, 302.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0348 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.079 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0963, 36.9759, 65.9849)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CD2 #C4D29C

analogous

#9CA9D2 #AA9CD2 #C59CD2

triadic

#AA9CD2 #D2AA9C #9CD2AA

tetradic

#AA9CD2 #D29CA9 #C4D29C #9CD2C5

square

#AA9CD2 #D29CA9 #C4D29C #9CD2C5

split-complementary

#AA9CD2 #D2C59C #A9D29C

monochromatic

#644CA7 #8672BF #AA9CD2 #CEC6E5 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AA9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#AA9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CD2

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CD2	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.079 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b9e0',
    500: '#aa9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9cd2;
$custom-light: #c4b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72393,
    "c": 0.07864,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CD2

secondary

#E8ECDE

accent

#B03590

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CD2

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

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