#AA9EBE#AA9EBE

#AA9EBE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.048 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EBE
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(263, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(263, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 10.62, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 18.28, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0254 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.048 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0969, 36.7175, 53.7854)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EBE #B2BE9E

analogous

#9EA2BE #AA9EBE #BA9EBE

triadic

#AA9EBE #BEAA9E #9EBEAA

tetradic

#AA9EBE #BE9EA2 #B2BE9E #9EBEBA

square

#AA9EBE #BE9EA2 #B2BE9E #9EBEBA

split-complementary

#AA9EBE #BEBA9E #A2BE9E

monochromatic

#6B5B87 #8A79A5 #AA9EBE #CAC3D7 #EAE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AA9EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#AA9EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EBE

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EBE	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.048 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bad1',
    500: '#aa9ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ebe;
$custom-light: #c3bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7201,
    "c": 0.04762,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EBE

secondary

#DDE1D7

accent

#9E477E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EBE

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

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