#AA99AE#AA99AE

#AA99AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.036 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99AE
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 174)
HSL	hsl(289, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(289, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 10.16, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 13.33, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0273 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.036 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6076, 34.3849, 44.7973)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99AE #9DAE99

analogous

#A099AE #AA99AE #AE99A8

triadic

#AA99AE #AEAA99 #99AEAA

tetradic

#AA99AE #AEA099 #9DAE99 #99A8AE

square

#AA99AE #AEA099 #9DAE99 #99A8AE

split-complementary

#AA99AE #A8AE99 #99AEA0

monochromatic

#6E5B72 #8E7793 #AA99AE #C6BBC9 #E3DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AA99AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#AA99AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99AE

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99AE	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.036 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7c6',
    500: '#aa99ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99ae;
$custom-light: #c3b7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70444,
    "c": 0.03573,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99AE

secondary

#CFD5CE

accent

#96505D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99AE

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

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