#AA9EC0#AA9EC0

#AA9EC0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.050 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EC0
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(261, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(261, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 11.04, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 19.36, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0261 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.05 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3170, 36.8055, 54.9445)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EC0 #B4C09E

analogous

#9EA3C0 #AA9EC0 #BB9EC0

triadic

#AA9EC0 #C0AA9E #9EC0AA

tetradic

#AA9EC0 #C09EA3 #B4C09E #9EC0BB

square

#AA9EC0 #C09EA3 #B4C09E #9EC0BB

split-complementary

#AA9EC0 #C0BB9E #A3C09E

monochromatic

#6B5A8A #8979A8 #AA9EC0 #CBC3D8 #EBE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AA9EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AA9EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EC0

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EC0	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.050 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bad3',
    500: '#aa9ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ec0;
$custom-light: #c3bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 21.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72083,
    "c": 0.05038,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EC0

secondary

#DEE2D8

accent

#A04680

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EC0

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

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