#AA99BD#AA99BD

#AA99BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.055 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99BD
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(268, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(268, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 13.21, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 20.99, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.0326 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.055 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1524, 35.0028, 52.9332)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99BD #ACBD99

analogous

#999ABD #AA99BD #BC99BD

triadic

#AA99BD #BDAA99 #99BDAA

tetradic

#AA99BD #BD999A #ACBD99 #99BDBC

square

#AA99BD #BD999A #ACBD99 #99BDBC

split-complementary

#AA99BD #BDBC99 #9ABD99

monochromatic

#6C5685 #8B74A5 #AA99BD #C9BED5 #E8E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AA99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AA99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99BD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99BD	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.055 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7d1',
    500: '#aa99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99bd;
$custom-light: #c3b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70979,
    "c": 0.05489,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99BD

secondary

#D9DFD3

accent

#A04675

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99BD

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

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