#AA99BB#AA99BB

#AA99BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.052 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99BB
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(270, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 12.79, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 19.94, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0319 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.052 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9368, 34.9165, 51.7977)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99BB #AABB99

analogous

#9999BB #AA99BB #BB99BB

triadic

#AA99BB #BBAA99 #99BBAA

tetradic

#AA99BB #BB9999 #AABB99 #99BBBB

square

#AA99BB #BB9999 #AABB99 #99BBBB

split-complementary

#AA99BB #BBBB99 #99BB99

monochromatic

#6D5783 #8B74A3 #AA99BB #C9BED3 #E7E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AA99BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#AA99BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99BB

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99BB	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.052 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7cf',
    500: '#aa99bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99bb;
$custom-light: #c3b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70905,
    "c": 0.05222,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99BB

secondary

#D8DDD2

accent

#9E4773

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99BB

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

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