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#aa9dbb

a light, soft violet · warm · closest name: silver

RGB
170, 157, 187
HSL
266°, 18%, 68%
CMYK
9, 16, 0, 27
Luminance
0.3625

Every format

HEX#aa9dbb
RGBrgb(170, 157, 187)
HSLhsl(266, 18%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 16%, 0%, 27%)
LABlab(66.7 10.6 -13.8)
LCHlch(66.7 17.3 307.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.717 0.045 304.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aa9dbb;
background-color: #aa9dbb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aa9dbb] bg-[#aa9dbb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aa9dbb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.667, green: 0.616, blue: 0.733)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aa9dbb")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aa9dbb on white: 2.55:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aa9dbb on black: 8.25:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red66.7%
Green61.6%
Blue73.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.1%
Magenta16.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.7%

Color previews

#aa9dbb text on a black background

contrast 8.25:1

Card sample

#aa9dbb text on a white background

contrast 2.55:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aa9dbb;
Background color
Panel with #aa9dbb background
background-color: #aa9dbb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aa9dbb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(170, 157, 187, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(170, 157, 187, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aa9dbb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa9dbb, #BB9DB8);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aa9dbb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aa9dbb in the Color Lab