#AA9DBD#AA9DBD

#AA9DBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.048 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9DBD
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(264, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 10.97, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 18.39, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0266 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.048 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8181, 36.3342, 53.1551)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9DBD #B0BD9D

analogous

#9DA0BD #AA9DBD #BA9DBD

triadic

#AA9DBD #BDAA9D #9DBDAA

tetradic

#AA9DBD #BD9DA0 #B0BD9D #9DBDBA

square

#AA9DBD #BD9DA0 #B0BD9D #9DBDBA

split-complementary

#AA9DBD #BDBA9D #A0BD9D

monochromatic

#6C5A86 #8A78A4 #AA9DBD #CAC2D6 #E9E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AA9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AA9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9DBD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9DBD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.048 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bad1',
    500: '#aa9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9dbd;
$custom-light: #c3bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71774,
    "c": 0.04796,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9DBD

secondary

#DCE0D6

accent

#9E487B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9DBD

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

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