#AA9FCD#AA9FCD

#AA9FCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.067 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9FCD
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(254, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 13.31, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 25.75, 301.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0289 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.067 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9928, 37.7498, 62.9253)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9FCD #C2CD9F

analogous

#9FABCD #AA9FCD #C19FCD

triadic

#AA9FCD #CDAA9F #9FCDAA

tetradic

#AA9FCD #CD9FAB #C2CD9F #9FCDC1

square

#AA9FCD #CD9FAB #C2CD9F #9FCDC1

split-complementary

#AA9FCD #CDC19F #ABCD9F

monochromatic

#65539F #8677B8 #AA9FCD #CEC7E2 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AA9FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AA9FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9FCD

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9FCD	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.067 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bbdc',
    500: '#aa9fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9fcd;
$custom-light: #c3bbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.348,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.06683,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9FCD

secondary

#E7EADE

accent

#AA3B90

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9FCD

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

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