#AA9EAA#AA9EAA

#AA9EAA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.022 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EAA
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 6.59, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 8.07, 324.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.0181 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.022 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0591, 35.9023, 43.0526)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EAA #9EAA9E

analogous

#A49EAA #AA9EAA #AA9EA4

triadic

#AA9EAA #AAAA9E #9EAAAA

tetradic

#AA9EAA #AAA49E #9EAA9E #9EA4AA

square

#AA9EAA #AAA49E #9EAA9E #9EA4AA

split-complementary

#AA9EAA #A4AA9E #9EAAA4

monochromatic

#6E606E #8D7D8D #AA9EAA #C7BFC7 #E3DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA9EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AA9EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EAA

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EAA	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.022 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bac3',
    500: '#aa9eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9eaa;
$custom-light: #c3bac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71323,
    "c": 0.02192,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EAA

secondary

#D0D4D0

accent

#915555

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EAA

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

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