#AA9FDA#AA9FDA

#AA9FDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.085 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9FDA
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 218)
HSL	hsl(251, 44%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(251, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 27.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 16.27, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 32.81, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0329 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.085 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6276, 38.4038, 71.5356)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9FDA #CFDA9F

analogous

#9FB2DA #AA9FDA #C89FDA

triadic

#AA9FDA #DAAA9F #9FDAAA

tetradic

#AA9FDA #DA9FB2 #CFDA9F #9FDAC8

square

#AA9FDA #DA9FB2 #CFDA9F #9FDAC8

split-complementary

#AA9FDA #DAC89F #B2DA9F

monochromatic

#5C47B8 #8373C9 #AA9FDA #D1CBEB #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AA9FDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AA9FDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9FDA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9FDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9FDA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9fda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.085 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bbe5',
    500: '#aa9fda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9fda;
$custom-light: #c4bbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9fda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 44.361,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7331,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9FDA

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B82E9E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9FDA

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

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