#AA99AB#AA99AB

#AA99AB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.032 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99AB
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 171)
HSL	hsl(297, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(297, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 9.57, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 11.91, 323.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0262 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.032 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3184, 34.2692, 43.2742)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99AB #9AAB99

analogous

#A199AB #AA99AB #AB99A3

triadic

#AA99AB #ABAA99 #99ABAA

tetradic

#AA99AB #ABA199 #9AAB99 #99A3AB

square

#AA99AB #ABA199 #9AAB99 #99A3AB

split-complementary

#AA99AB #A3AB99 #99ABA1

monochromatic

#6D5B6F #8E778F #AA99AB #C6BBC7 #E2DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AA99AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#AA99AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99AB

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99AB	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#989DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.032 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7c4',
    500: '#aa99ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99ab;
$custom-light: #c3b7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70343,
    "c": 0.03227,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99AB

secondary

#CDD3CD

accent

#945255

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99AB

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

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