#AA9FBD#AA9FBD

#AA9FBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.045 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9FBD
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(262, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(262, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 9.85, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 17.11, 305.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0236 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.045 302)
XYZ	xyz(38.1593, 37.0164, 53.2688)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9FBD #B2BD9F

analogous

#9FA3BD #AA9FBD #B99FBD

triadic

#AA9FBD #BDAA9F #9FBDAA

tetradic

#AA9FBD #BD9FA3 #B2BD9F #9FBDB9

square

#AA9FBD #BD9FA3 #B2BD9F #9FBDB9

split-complementary

#AA9FBD #BDB99F #A3BD9F

monochromatic

#6B5C86 #8A7BA4 #AA9FBD #CAC3D6 #EAE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AA9FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#AA9FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9FBD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9FBD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.045 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bbd0',
    500: '#aa9fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9fbd;
$custom-light: #c3bbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72174,
    "c": 0.04455,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.37016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9FBD

secondary

#DDE0D7

accent

#9D497E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9FBD

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

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