#AA9DAE#AA9DAE

#AA9DAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.028 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9DAE
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(286, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(286, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 7.92, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 10.64, 318.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0212 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.028 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2733, 35.7162, 45.0192)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9DAE #A1AE9D

analogous

#A29DAE #AA9DAE #AE9DAA

triadic

#AA9DAE #AEAA9D #9DAEAA

tetradic

#AA9DAE #AEA29D #A1AE9D #9DAAAE

square

#AA9DAE #AEA29D #A1AE9D #9DAAAE

split-complementary

#AA9DAE #AAAE9D #9DAEA2

monochromatic

#6E5E72 #8D7B92 #AA9DAE #C7BFCA #E4E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AA9DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AA9DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9DAE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9DAE	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.028 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9c6',
    500: '#aa9dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9dae;
$custom-light: #c3b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 9.497,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7125,
    "c": 0.0284,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9DAE

secondary

#D2D6D1

accent

#945261

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9DAE

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

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