#AA9CEB#AA9CEB

#AA9CEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CEB
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 22.02, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 43.86, 300.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0415 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.113 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4577, 38.3204, 83.6881)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CEB #DDEB9C

analogous

#9CB6EB #AA9CEB #D29CEB

triadic

#AA9CEB #EBAA9C #9CEBAA

tetradic

#AA9CEB #EB9CB6 #DDEB9C #9CEBD2

square

#AA9CEB #EB9CB6 #DDEB9C #9CEBD2

split-complementary

#AA9CEB #EBD29C #B6EB9C

monochromatic

#5336D6 #7E69E1 #AA9CEB #D6CFF5 #E9E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AA9CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AA9CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CEB

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CEB	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b9f1',
    500: '#aa9ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ceb;
$custom-light: #c5b9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.633,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73489,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CEB

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CE17AE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CEB

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

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