#AA9FC0#AA9FC0

#AA9FC0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.049 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9FC0
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 192)
HSL	hsl(260, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 10.48, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 18.72, 304.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0246 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.049 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4883, 37.1480, 55.0016)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9FC0 #B5C09F

analogous

#9FA5C0 #AA9FC0 #BB9FC0

triadic

#AA9FC0 #C0AA9F #9FC0AA

tetradic

#AA9FC0 #C09FA5 #B5C09F #9FC0BB

square

#AA9FC0 #C09FA5 #B5C09F #9FC0BB

split-complementary

#AA9FC0 #C0BB9F #A5C09F

monochromatic

#6A5B8A #897AA8 #AA9FC0 #CBC4D8 #EBE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AA9FC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AA9FC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9FC0

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9FC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9FC0	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9fc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.049 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bbd3',
    500: '#aa9fc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9fc0;
$custom-light: #c3bbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9fc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 20.755,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72283,
    "c": 0.04869,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9FC0

secondary

#DFE2D9

accent

#9F4682

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9FC0

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

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