#AA9ECB#AA9ECB

#AA9ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.066 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9ECB
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(256, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 13.43, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 25.29, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0298 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.066 297)
XYZ	xyz(39.5816, 37.3114, 61.6049)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9ECB #BFCB9E

analogous

#9EA8CB #AA9ECB #C09ECB

triadic

#AA9ECB #CBAA9E #9ECBAA

tetradic

#AA9ECB #CB9EA8 #BFCB9E #9ECBC0

square

#AA9ECB #CB9EA8 #BFCB9E #9ECBC0

split-complementary

#AA9ECB #CBC09E #A8CB9E

monochromatic

#66539B #8776B6 #AA9ECB #CDC6E0 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AA9ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AA9ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9ECB

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9ECB	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.066 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3badb',
    500: '#aa9ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ecb;
$custom-light: #c3badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72503,
    "c": 0.06564,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.37312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9ECB

secondary

#E5E8DC

accent

#A93D8C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9ECB

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

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