#AA9FBB#AA9FBB

#AA9FBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.042 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9FBB
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(264, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 9.43, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 16.04, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0229 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.042 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9437, 36.9302, 52.1334)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9FBB #B0BB9F

analogous

#9FA2BB #AA9FBB #B89FBB

triadic

#AA9FBB #BBAA9F #9FBBAA

tetradic

#AA9FBB #BB9FA2 #B0BB9F #9FBBB8

square

#AA9FBB #BB9FA2 #B0BB9F #9FBBB8

split-complementary

#AA9FBB #BBB89F #A2BB9F

monochromatic

#6C5D83 #8A7BA2 #AA9FBB #CAC3D4 #E9E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AA9FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AA9FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9FBB

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9FBB	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.042 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bbcf',
    500: '#aa9fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9fbb;
$custom-light: #c3bbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.04182,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9FBB

secondary

#DCDFD7

accent

#9B4A7B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9FBB

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

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