#AA99CA#AA99CA

#AA99CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.073 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA99CA
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 202)
HSL	hsl(261, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 16.02, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 27.92, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0368 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.073 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6273, 35.5927, 60.7008)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA99CA #B9CA99

analogous

#99A1CA #AA99CA #C399CA

triadic

#AA99CA #CAAA99 #99CAAA

tetradic

#AA99CA #CA99A1 #B9CA99 #99CAC3

square

#AA99CA #CA99A1 #B9CA99 #99CAC3

split-complementary

#AA99CA #CAC399 #A1CA99

monochromatic

#695099 #8871B5 #AA99CA #CCC1DF #EDEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AA99CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#AA99CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA99CA

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA99CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA99CA	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa99ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.073 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7da',
    500: '#aa99ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa99ca;
$custom-light: #c3b7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa99ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 31.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71484,
    "c": 0.07252,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA99CA

secondary

#E2E6D8

accent

#AA3B84

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA99CA

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

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