#AA9CEE#AA9CEE

#AA9CEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.117 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CEE
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(250, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(250, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 22.76, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 45.48, 300.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0422 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.117 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8948, 38.4952, 85.9900)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CEE #E0EE9C

analogous

#9CB7EE #AA9CEE #D39CEE

triadic

#AA9CEE #EEAA9C #9CEEAA

tetradic

#AA9CEE #EE9CB7 #E0EE9C #9CEED3

square

#AA9CEE #EE9CB7 #E0EE9C #9CEED3

split-complementary

#AA9CEE #EED39C #B7EE9C

monochromatic

#5034DC #7D68E5 #AA9CEE #D7D0F7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AA9CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AA9CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CEE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CEE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BAABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.117 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b9f4',
    500: '#aa9cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9cee;
$custom-light: #c5b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73629,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CEE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D313B2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CEE

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

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