#AA9DB2#AA9DB2

#AA9DB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.033 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9DB2
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 12%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(277, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 8.72, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 12.64, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0227 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.033 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6691, 35.8745, 47.1036)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9DB2 #A5B29D

analogous

#9F9DB2 #AA9DB2 #B29DAF

triadic

#AA9DB2 #B2AA9D #9DB2AA

tetradic

#AA9DB2 #B29F9D #A5B29D #9DAFB2

square

#AA9DB2 #B29F9D #A5B29D #9DAFB2

split-complementary

#AA9DB2 #AFB29D #9DB29F

monochromatic

#6D5E77 #8C7B97 #AA9DB2 #C8BFCD #E5E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA9DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AA9DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9DB2

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9DB2	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.033 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bac9',
    500: '#aa9db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9db2;
$custom-light: #c3bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.03337,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9DB2

secondary

#D5D9D2

accent

#964F6A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9DB2

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

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