#AA9EBB#AA9EBB

#AA9EBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.044 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EBB
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 187)
HSL	hsl(265, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 9.99, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 16.68, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0244 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.044 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7724, 36.5877, 52.0763)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EBB #AFBB9E

analogous

#9EA0BB #AA9EBB #B99EBB

triadic

#AA9EBB #BBAA9E #9EBBAA

tetradic

#AA9EBB #BB9EA0 #AFBB9E #9EBBB9

square

#AA9EBB #BB9EA0 #AFBB9E #9EBBB9

split-complementary

#AA9EBB #BBB99E #A0BB9E

monochromatic

#6C5C83 #8A7AA2 #AA9EBB #CAC2D4 #E9E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AA9EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#AA9EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EBB

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EBB	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.044 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bacf',
    500: '#aa9ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ebb;
$custom-light: #c3bacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71901,
    "c": 0.04353,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EBB

secondary

#DBDFD6

accent

#9C4A7A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EBB

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

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