#AA9EB6#AA9EB6

#AA9EB6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.037 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EB6
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(270, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 8.96, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 14.04, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0226 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.037 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2464, 36.3773, 49.3062)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EB6 #AAB69E

analogous

#9E9EB6 #AA9EB6 #B69EB6

triadic

#AA9EB6 #B6AA9E #9EB6AA

tetradic

#AA9EB6 #B69E9E #AAB69E #9EB6B6

square

#AA9EB6 #B69E9E #AAB69E #9EB6B6

split-complementary

#AA9EB6 #B6B69E #9EB69E

monochromatic

#6D5D7C #8B7B9C #AA9EB6 #C9C1D0 #E7E4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AA9EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AA9EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EB6

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EB6	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.037 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bacb',
    500: '#aa9eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9eb6;
$custom-light: #c3bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 14.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71725,
    "c": 0.03681,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EB6

secondary

#D8DCD4

accent

#984D73

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EB6

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

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