#AA9CED#AA9CED

#AA9CED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CED
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(250, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(250, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 22.51, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 44.94, 300.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.042 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.116 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7483, 38.4366, 85.2184)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CED #DFED9C

analogous

#9CB7ED #AA9CED #D29CED

triadic

#AA9CED #EDAA9C #9CEDAA

tetradic

#AA9CED #ED9CB7 #DFED9C #9CEDD2

square

#AA9CED #ED9CB7 #DFED9C #9CEDD2

split-complementary

#AA9CED #EDD29C #B7ED9C

monochromatic

#5134DA #7E68E4 #AA9CED #D6D0F6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AA9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AA9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CED

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CED	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BAABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b9f3',
    500: '#aa9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ced;
$custom-light: #c5b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.37,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73582,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CED

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D114B1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CED

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

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