#AA9EAD#AA9EAD

#AA9EAD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.025 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EAD
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(288, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(288, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 7.17, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 9.48, 319.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0193 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.025 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3461, 36.0171, 44.5643)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EAD #A1AD9E

analogous

#A39EAD #AA9EAD #AD9EA9

triadic

#AA9EAD #ADAA9E #9EADAA

tetradic

#AA9EAD #ADA39E #A1AD9E #9EA9AD

square

#AA9EAD #ADA39E #A1AD9E #9EA9AD

split-complementary

#AA9EAD #A9AD9E #9EADA3

monochromatic

#6E6071 #8D7D91 #AA9EAD #C7BFC9 #E4E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AA9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#AA9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EAD

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EAD	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.025 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bac5',
    500: '#aa9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ead;
$custom-light: #c3bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 8.38,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7142,
    "c": 0.02537,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EAD

secondary

#D2D6D1

accent

#925360

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EAD

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

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