#AA9EB0#AA9EB0

#AA9EB0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.029 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EB0
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 176)
HSL	hsl(280, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 10%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 7.76, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 10.96, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0204 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.029 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6396, 36.1346, 46.1103)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EB0 #A4B09E

analogous

#A19EB0 #AA9EB0 #B09EAD

triadic

#AA9EB0 #B0AA9E #9EB0AA

tetradic

#AA9EB0 #B0A19E #A4B09E #9EADB0

square

#AA9EB0 #B0A19E #A4B09E #9EADB0

split-complementary

#AA9EB0 #ADB09E #9EB0A1

monochromatic

#6D5F75 #8C7C95 #AA9EB0 #C8C0CB #E5E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AA9EB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AA9EB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EB0

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EB0	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9eb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.029 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bac7',
    500: '#aa9eb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9eb0;
$custom-light: #c3bac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9eb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 10.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7152,
    "c": 0.02904,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EB0

secondary

#D4D8D2

accent

#945168

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EB0

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

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