#AA9FAA#AA9FAA

#AA9FAA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.020 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9FAA
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 6.04, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 7.39, 324.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0166 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.02 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2303, 36.2449, 43.1097)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9FAA #9FAA9F

analogous

#A59FAA #AA9FAA #AA9FA5

triadic

#AA9FAA #AAAA9F #9FAAAA

tetradic

#AA9FAA #AAA59F #9FAA9F #9FA5AA

square

#AA9FAA #AAA59F #9FAA9F #9FA5AA

split-complementary

#AA9FAA #A5AA9F #9FAAA5

monochromatic

#6E616E #8D7F8D #AA9FAA #C7BFC7 #E3E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AA9FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#AA9FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9FAA

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9FAA	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.020 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bbc3',
    500: '#aa9faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9faa;
$custom-light: #c3bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.02008,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9FAA

secondary

#D1D4D1

accent

#905656

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9FAA

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

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