#AA99C8#AA99C8

#AA99C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.070 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99C8
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(262, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(262, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 15.57, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 26.84, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0361 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.07 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3920, 35.4986, 59.4617)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99C8 #B7C899

analogous

#99A0C8 #AA99C8 #C299C8

triadic

#AA99C8 #C8AA99 #99C8AA

tetradic

#AA99C8 #C899A0 #B7C899 #99C8C2

square

#AA99C8 #C899A0 #B7C899 #99C8C2

split-complementary

#AA99C8 #C8C299 #A0C899

monochromatic

#6A5196 #8971B3 #AA99C8 #CBC1DD #ECE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AA99C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#AA99C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99C8

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99C8	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.070 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7d8',
    500: '#aa99c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99c8;
$custom-light: #c3b7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.702,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71404,
    "c": 0.06978,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99C8

secondary

#E0E5D8

accent

#A93D82

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99C8

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

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