#AA9ECD#AA9ECD

#AA9ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.068 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9ECD
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(255, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 13.87, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 26.38, 301.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0304 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.068 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8215, 37.4073, 62.8682)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9ECD #C1CD9E

analogous

#9EA9CD #AA9ECD #C19ECD

triadic

#AA9ECD #CDAA9E #9ECDAA

tetradic

#AA9ECD #CD9EA9 #C1CD9E #9ECDC1

square

#AA9ECD #CD9EA9 #C1CD9E #9ECDC1

split-complementary

#AA9ECD #CDC19E #A9CD9E

monochromatic

#65529F #8776B8 #AA9ECD #CDC6E2 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AA9ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AA9ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9ECD

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9ECD	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.068 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3badc',
    500: '#aa9ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ecd;
$custom-light: #c3badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.319,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72582,
    "c": 0.06844,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9ECD

secondary

#E6EADD

accent

#AB3B8E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9ECD

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

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