#AA9FCA#AA9FCA

#AA9FCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.063 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9FCA
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 12.65, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 24.13, 301.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.028 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.063 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6341, 37.6064, 61.0364)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9FCA #BFCA9F

analogous

#9FA9CA #AA9FCA #BF9FCA

triadic

#AA9FCA #CAAA9F #9FCAAA

tetradic

#AA9FCA #CA9FA9 #BFCA9F #9FCABF

square

#AA9FCA #CA9FA9 #BFCA9F #9FCABF

split-complementary

#AA9FCA #CABF9F #A9CA9F

monochromatic

#66559A #8778B4 #AA9FCA #CDC6E0 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AA9FCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AA9FCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9FCA

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9FCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9FCA	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9fca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.063 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bbda',
    500: '#aa9fca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9fca;
$custom-light: #c3bbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9fca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.349,
    "s": 28.859,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72661,
    "c": 0.06263,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9FCA

secondary

#E5E8DD

accent

#A83E8D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9FCA

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

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