#AA9DCD#AA9DCD

#AA9DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.070 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9DCD
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 14.43, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 27.00, 302.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0318 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.07 297)
XYZ	xyz(39.6516, 37.0676, 62.8115)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9DCD #C0CD9D

analogous

#9DA8CD #AA9DCD #C29DCD

triadic

#AA9DCD #CDAA9D #9DCDAA

tetradic

#AA9DCD #CD9DA8 #C0CD9D #9DCDC2

square

#AA9DCD #CD9DA8 #C0CD9D #9DCDC2

split-complementary

#AA9DCD #CDC29D #A8CD9D

monochromatic

#66519F #8774B8 #AA9DCD #CDC6E2 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AA9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#AA9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9DCD

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9DCD	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.070 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3badc',
    500: '#aa9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9dcd;
$custom-light: #c3badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.07006,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.37068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9DCD

secondary

#E6E9DD

accent

#AB3A8D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9DCD

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

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