#AA9FD5#AA9FD5

#AA9FD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.078 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9FD5
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 213)
HSL	hsl(252, 39%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 25%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 15.12, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 30.10, 300.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0314 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.078 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9832, 38.1460, 68.1416)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9FD5 #CAD59F

analogous

#9FAFD5 #AA9FD5 #C59FD5

triadic

#AA9FD5 #D5AA9F #9FD5AA

tetradic

#AA9FD5 #D59FAF #CAD59F #9FD5C5

square

#AA9FD5 #D59FAF #CAD59F #9FD5C5

split-complementary

#AA9FD5 #D5C59F #AFD59F

monochromatic

#604CAE #8474C2 #AA9FD5 #D0CAE8 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AA9FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AA9FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9FD5

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9FD5	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.078 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bbe2',
    500: '#aa9fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9fd5;
$custom-light: #c4bbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.222,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.07805,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9FD5

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#B23398

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9FD5

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

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