#AA99AA#AA99AA

#AA99AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.031 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99AA
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 9.38, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 11.45, 324.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0258 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.031 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2235, 34.2312, 42.7741)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99AA #99AA99

analogous

#A199AA #AA99AA #AA99A1

triadic

#AA99AA #AAAA99 #99AAAA

tetradic

#AA99AA #AAA199 #99AA99 #99A1AA

square

#AA99AA #AAA199 #99AA99 #99A1AA

split-complementary

#AA99AA #A1AA99 #99AAA1

monochromatic

#6D5B6D #8E788E #AA99AA #C6BAC6 #E2DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AA99AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#AA99AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99AA

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99AA	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.031 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7c3',
    500: '#aa99aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99aa;
$custom-light: #c3b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70309,
    "c": 0.03116,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99AA

secondary

#CCD2CC

accent

#935252

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99AA

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

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