#AA9EB8#AA9EB8

#AA9EB8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.039 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EB8
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 184)
HSL	hsl(268, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(268, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 9.37, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 15.09, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0233 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.039 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4546, 36.4606, 50.4025)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EB8 #ACB89E

analogous

#9E9FB8 #AA9EB8 #B79EB8

triadic

#AA9EB8 #B8AA9E #9EB8AA

tetradic

#AA9EB8 #B89E9F #ACB89E #9EB8B7

square

#AA9EB8 #B89E9F #ACB89E #9EB8B7

split-complementary

#AA9EB8 #B8B79E #9FB89E

monochromatic

#6C5D7F #8B7B9E #AA9EB8 #C9C1D2 #E8E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AA9EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#AA9EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EB8

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EB8	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.039 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bacd',
    500: '#aa9eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9eb8;
$custom-light: #c3bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.03948,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EB8

secondary

#D9DDD5

accent

#9A4C76

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EB8

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

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