#AA9DB7#AA9DB7

#AA9DB7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.040 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9DB7
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(270, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 9.73, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 15.22, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0245 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.04 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1803, 36.0790, 49.7958)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9DB7 #AAB79D

analogous

#9D9DB7 #AA9DB7 #B79DB7

triadic

#AA9DB7 #B7AA9D #9DB7AA

tetradic

#AA9DB7 #B79D9D #AAB79D #9DB7B7

square

#AA9DB7 #B79D9D #AAB79D #9DB7B7

split-complementary

#AA9DB7 #B7B79D #9DB79D

monochromatic

#6D5C7D #8B7A9D #AA9DB7 #C9C0D1 #E7E4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AA9DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#AA9DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9DB7

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9DB7	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.040 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bacc',
    500: '#aa9db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9db7;
$custom-light: #c3bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 15.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71558,
    "c": 0.03989,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9DB7

secondary

#D8DCD4

accent

#994C73

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9DB7

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

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