#AA9EC2#AA9EC2

#AA9EC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.053 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EC2
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 194)
HSL	hsl(260, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 11.47, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 20.43, 304.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0268 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.053 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5401, 36.8948, 56.1195)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EC2 #B6C29E

analogous

#9EA4C2 #AA9EC2 #BC9EC2

triadic

#AA9EC2 #C2AA9E #9EC2AA

tetradic

#AA9EC2 #C29EA4 #B6C29E #9EC2BC

square

#AA9EC2 #C29EA4 #B6C29E #9EC2BC

split-complementary

#AA9EC2 #C2BC9E #A4C29E

monochromatic

#6A598D #8978AA #AA9EC2 #CBC4DA #ECE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AA9EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#AA9EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EC2

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EC2	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.053 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bad4',
    500: '#aa9ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ec2;
$custom-light: #c3bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 22.785,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72158,
    "c": 0.05313,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EC2

secondary

#E0E3D9

accent

#A14482

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EC2

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

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