#AA9DB3#AA9DB3

#AA9DB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.035 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9DB3
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 179)
HSL	hsl(275, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 12.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 8.92, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 13.15, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.023 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.035 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7699, 35.9149, 47.6343)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9DB3 #A6B39D

analogous

#9F9DB3 #AA9DB3 #B39DB1

triadic

#AA9DB3 #B3AA9D #9DB3AA

tetradic

#AA9DB3 #B39F9D #A6B39D #9DB1B3

square

#AA9DB3 #B39F9D #A6B39D #9DB1B3

split-complementary

#AA9DB3 #B1B39D #9DB39F

monochromatic

#6D5D78 #8C7B98 #AA9DB3 #C8BFCE #E6E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA9DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AA9DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9DB3

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9DB3	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.035 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bac9',
    500: '#aa9db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9db3;
$custom-light: #c3bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 12.644,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71419,
    "c": 0.03466,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9DB3

secondary

#D5DAD2

accent

#974F6C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9DB3

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

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