#AA9EDD#AA9EDD

#AA9EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.091 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EDD
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(251, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 17.54, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 35.06, 300.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0351 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.091 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8525, 38.2197, 73.5648)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EDD #D1DD9E

analogous

#9EB2DD #AA9EDD #CA9EDD

triadic

#AA9EDD #DDAA9E #9EDDAA

tetradic

#AA9EDD #DD9EB2 #D1DD9E #9EDDCA

square

#AA9EDD #DD9EB2 #D1DD9E #9EDDCA

split-complementary

#AA9EDD #DDCA9E #B2DD9E

monochromatic

#5B43BD #8271CD #AA9EDD #D2CBED #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AA9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AA9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EDD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EDD	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.091 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bae7',
    500: '#aa9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9edd;
$custom-light: #c4bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73244,
    "c": 0.09082,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EDD

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BB2AA0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EDD

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

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