#AA9DCC#AA9DCC

#AA9DCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.069 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9DCC
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 204)
HSL	hsl(257, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(257, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 23%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 14.21, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 26.46, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0315 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.069 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5313, 37.0194, 62.1779)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9DCC #BFCC9D

analogous

#9DA7CC #AA9DCC #C19DCC

triadic

#AA9DCC #CCAA9D #9DCCAA

tetradic

#AA9DCC #CC9DA7 #BFCC9D #9DCCC1

square

#AA9DCC #CC9DA7 #BFCC9D #9DCCC1

split-complementary

#AA9DCC #CCC19D #A7CC9D

monochromatic

#66529D #8775B7 #AA9DCC #CDC5E1 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AA9DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#AA9DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9DCC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9DCC	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.069 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3badb',
    500: '#aa9dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9dcc;
$custom-light: #c3badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 31.544,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72345,
    "c": 0.06867,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9DCC

secondary

#E5E9DC

accent

#AA3B8C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9DCC

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

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