#AA9EAE#AA9EAE

#AA9EAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.027 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EAE
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(285, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 7.37, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 9.97, 317.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0197 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.027 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4432, 36.0560, 45.0758)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EAE #A2AE9E

analogous

#A29EAE #AA9EAE #AE9EAA

triadic

#AA9EAE #AEAA9E #9EAEAA

tetradic

#AA9EAE #AEA29E #A2AE9E #9EAAAE

square

#AA9EAE #AEA29E #A2AE9E #9EAAAE

split-complementary

#AA9EAE #AAAE9E #9EAEA2

monochromatic

#6E5F72 #8D7D92 #AA9EAE #C7BFCA #E4E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AA9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#AA9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EAE

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EAE	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.027 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bac6',
    500: '#aa9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9eae;
$custom-light: #c3bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71453,
    "c": 0.02657,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EAE

secondary

#D3D7D1

accent

#935363

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EAE

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

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