#AA99BC#AA99BC

#AA99BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.054 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99BC
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(269, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(269, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 13.00, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 20.46, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0322 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.054 307)
XYZ	xyz(37.0443, 34.9595, 52.3635)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99BC #ABBC99

analogous

#999ABC #AA99BC #BC99BC

triadic

#AA99BC #BCAA99 #99BCAA

tetradic

#AA99BC #BC999A #ABBC99 #99BCBC

square

#AA99BC #BC999A #ABBC99 #99BCBC

split-complementary

#AA99BC #BCBC99 #9ABC99

monochromatic

#6D5784 #8B74A4 #AA99BC #C9BED4 #E8E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AA99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#AA99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99BC

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99BC	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.054 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7d0',
    500: '#aa99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99bc;
$custom-light: #c3b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70942,
    "c": 0.05355,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.34959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99BC

secondary

#D9DED3

accent

#9F4674

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99BC

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

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