#AA9DEB#AA9DEB

#AA9DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9DEB
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(250, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(250, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 21.46, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 43.25, 299.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0401 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.112 291)
XYZ	xyz(43.6262, 38.6574, 83.7443)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9DEB #DEEB9D

analogous

#9DB7EB #AA9DEB #D19DEB

triadic

#AA9DEB #EBAA9D #9DEBAA

tetradic

#AA9DEB #EB9DB7 #DEEB9D #9DEBD1

square

#AA9DEB #EB9DB7 #DEEB9D #9DEBD1

split-complementary

#AA9DEB #EBD19D #B7EB9D

monochromatic

#5237D6 #7E6AE1 #AA9DEB #D6D0F5 #E9E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AA9DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AA9DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9DEB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9DEB	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CABB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5baf1',
    500: '#aa9deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9deb;
$custom-light: #c5baf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73677,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.38658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9DEB

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CE18B0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9DEB

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

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