#AA9EB4#AA9EB4

#AA9EB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.034 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EB4
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(273, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 8.56, -9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 13.00, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0219 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.034 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0412, 36.2952, 48.2255)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EB4 #A8B49E

analogous

#9F9EB4 #AA9EB4 #B49EB3

triadic

#AA9EB4 #B4AA9E #9EB4AA

tetradic

#AA9EB4 #B49F9E #A8B49E #9EB3B4

square

#AA9EB4 #B49F9E #A8B49E #9EB3B4

split-complementary

#AA9EB4 #B3B49E #9EB49F

monochromatic

#6D5E7A #8C7B99 #AA9EB4 #C8C1CF #E6E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AA9EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AA9EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EB4

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EB4	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.034 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3baca',
    500: '#aa9eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9eb4;
$custom-light: #c3baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71655,
    "c": 0.03417,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EB4

secondary

#D7DAD3

accent

#974F6F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EB4

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

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