#AA9FBC#AA9FBC

#AA9FBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.043 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9FBC
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(263, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(263, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 9.64, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 16.57, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0233 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.043 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0511, 36.9732, 52.6991)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9FBC #B1BC9F

analogous

#9FA2BC #AA9FBC #B89FBC

triadic

#AA9FBC #BCAA9F #9FBCAA

tetradic

#AA9FBC #BC9FA2 #B1BC9F #9FBCB8

square

#AA9FBC #BC9FA2 #B1BC9F #9FBCB8

split-complementary

#AA9FBC #BCB89F #A2BC9F

monochromatic

#6B5C84 #8A7BA3 #AA9FBC #CAC3D5 #EAE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AA9FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AA9FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9FBC

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9FBC	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)

#9AA3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.043 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bbd0',
    500: '#aa9fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9fbc;
$custom-light: #c3bbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.759,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.04318,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9FBC

secondary

#DCE0D7

accent

#9C497D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9FBC

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

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